scholarly journals Byssus-thread formation by the mussel Mytilus edulis: effects of environmental factors

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 261-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
GA Young
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Byssus Thread ◽  
Thread Formation

Observations on byssus systems in the spat of Cerastoderma glaucum and C. edule

1986 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kobina Yankson
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Pecten Maximus ◽  
Ostrea Edulis ◽  
Byssus Thread ◽  
Cerastoderma Glaucum ◽  
Early Stages

INTRODUCTIONYonge (1962) suggests a possible universal occurrence of byssal apparatus in the post-larval spat of bivalves. Subsequent studies have revealed that the byssus thread secreted by the post-larval byssal apparatus of many bivalves is involved in settlement as well as migration by means of bysso-pelagic drifting (Sigurdsson, Titman & Davis, 1976; Blok & Tan-Maas, 1977; Board, 1983). Recent studies on the byssus and other foot glands in the early stages of bivalves have included Ostrea edulis (Cranfield, 1973 a, b, c); Pecten maximus (Gruffydd, Lane & Beaumont, 1975); Mytilus edulis (Lane & Nott, 1975; Lane, Nott & Crisp, 1982); and Chlamys varia L. (Gruffydd, Budiman & Nott, 1979)

scholarly journals Combined Effects of Body Size, Food Concentration and Season on the Physiology of Mytilus Edulis

1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Widdows
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Physiological Ecology ◽  
Food Concentration ◽  
Environmental Variable ◽  
Experimental Techniques ◽  
Combined Effects ◽  
Biological Responses

The majority of studies of the physiological ecology of organisms have been concerned with changing a single environmental variable at a time, but more information on the relationships between biological responses and environmental factors would be provided by experimental techniques that emulate the multi-dimensional character of the natural environment.

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