The impact of invasive tunicates on the demand for phytoplankton in longline mussel farms

Aquaculture

Volumn 441, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-105

  Comeau, Luc A ^a   Filgueira, Ramon ^a   Guyondet, Thomas ^a   Sonier, Remi ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Mussel; Mytilus edulis; Styela clava; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

CLEARANCE RATE; COASTAL ZONE; COLONY STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; MYTILUS EDULIS; STYELA CLAVA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84923857845     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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