Abstract
Feeding behavior of mussels ( Mytilus edulis) was measured in situ using a video camera and expressed as the mean percentage of valve gape aperture ( VA), concomitant with environmental and biological parameters over two tidal cycles. Mussel feeding behavior and the physical parameters responded to three primary tidal components, of which semidiurnal was dominant ( 12.42 h). VA was synchronized with chlorophyll a ( Chl a) concentration ( proxy for food) with a strong positive correlation ( r = 0.72, p
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Limnology and Oceanography |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1919-1929 |
| ISSN | 0024-3590 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
Keywords
- feeding behavior
- food concentration
- tidal advection
- valve gape aperture
- Mollusca Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Invertebrates, Mollusks) - Pelecypoda [61500] Mytilus edulis species mussel common
- chlorophyll a 479-61-8
- suspended particulate matter
- 07002, Behavioral biology - General and comparative behavior
- 07003, Behavioral biology - Animal behavior
- 07508, Ecology: environmental biology - Animal
- 07512, Ecology: environmental biology - Oceanography
- 10060, Biochemistry studies - General
- 10064, Biochemistry studies - Proteins, peptides and amino acids
- 64026, Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Mollusca
- Ecology, Environmental Sciences
- Behavior
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Marine Ecology
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