Aspects of feeding, including estimates of gut residence time, in three mytilid species (Bivalvia, Mollusca) at two contrasting sites in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Bayne, B.L.; Klumpp, D.W.; Clarke, K.R. (1984). Aspects of feeding, including estimates of gut residence time, in three mytilid species (Bivalvia, Mollusca) at two contrasting sites in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Oecologia 64(1): 26-33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00377539
In: Oecologia. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0029-8549; e-ISSN 1432-1939, more
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Digestion
Energy budget
Feeding
Aulacomya ater regia Powell, 1957; Bivalvia [WoRMS]; Choromytilus meridionalis (Krauss, 1848) [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]; Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Bayne, B.L.
- Klumpp, D.W.
- Clarke, K.R.
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| Abstract |
Individuals of three mytilid species (Choromytilus meridionalis; Perna perna; Aulacomya ater ) from two sites characterised by different qualities of ration available to these suspension feeders showed different rates in some components of the physiological energy budget. These differences included higher feeding (= clearance) and respiration rates, but lower absorption efficiencies, in individuals from the site with the higher quality ration. |
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