Settlement, Growth and Production of the Mussel, Mytilus Edulis L., in Morecambe Bay, England |
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abundance areas attached autumn and winter Bayne Biol biomass bivalves BØHLE cent cm² collectors Conwy Dare density distribution dry flesh weight Dry shell weight early plantigrades Ecol Eider estimates Estuary Figure Fishery Invest Flesh ash-free Flesh ash-inclusive growth curve Heysham hydroids ICES C.M. intertidal intertidal mussels Irish Sea June kg/m² Knott End mussels Knott End Skear large numbers larvae late plantigrades Low shore low-water mark Main Skear maximum mean length Mean shell length Menai Straits Mercenaria mixed year-classes Morecambe Bay mortality rate mussel beds mussel populations mussel-mud mussels Mytilus edulis North Wales older mussels organic shell plankton population density predation red algae Roosebeck sampling Seasonal changes Seed September settlement occurred settlements of Mytilus shell growth Shellfish Comm South America spat spatfalls starfish sublittoral substrate summer survival temperatures Theisen tidal values Walne weight g winter plantigrades winter settlement year-class young mussels Ythan Estuary