Turbulent mixing limits mussel feeding: Direct estimates of feeding rate and vertical diffusivity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 485, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-121

  Saurel, Camille ^a,c   Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ^b   Wiles, Philip J ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Benthic boundary layer; Biodeposition; Clearance rate; In situ; Mass transport; Mytilus; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AQUACULTURE; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BIVALVE; CLEARANCE RATE; DIFFUSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RATE; MASS TRANSPORT; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 84879636462     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10309     Document Type: Article

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