Allometric relationships in feeding and digestion in the Chilean mytilids Mytilus chilensis (Hupé), Choromytilus chorus (Molina) and Aulacomya ater (Molina): A comparative study

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 426-427, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-27

  Ibarrola, Irrintzi ^a   Arambalza, Udane ^a   Navarro, Jorge M ^b   Urrutia, Miren Bego ^a   Navarro, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body size; Clearance rate; Digestive enzymes; Gill area; Gut content; Mussels

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; COLD REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MACROPHYTE; SYMPATRY; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHILE;

AULACOMYA ATER; CHOROMYTILUS CHORUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS CHILENSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861924874     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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