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The physiological ecology of two populations of Mytilus edulis L
Bayne, B.L.; Widdows, J. (1978). The physiological ecology of two populations of Mytilus edulis L. Oecologia 37: 137-162
In: Oecologia. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0029-8549; e-ISSN 1432-1939, more
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Keywords
    Body size
    Excretion
    Metabolism
    Morphogenesis > Gametogenesis
    Oxygen consumption
    Temporal variations > Periodic variations > Seasonal variations
    Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    ANE, British Isles, Plymouth [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Bayne, B.L.
  • Widdows, J., more

Abstract
    Seasonal cycles in the rates of oxygen consumption, feeding, absorption efficiency and ammonia-nitrogen excretion in two populations of M. Edulis were measured in the field under ambient conditions and related to body size, the gametogenic cycle, the concentration of suspended particulate matter in the water and temperature. Relationships between the various physiological variables are also considered and protein and energy budgets estimated. Both the scope for growth and the relative maintenance cost were seasonally variable, demonstrating a minimum capacity for growth in the winter and a maximum capacity in the summer. In one population subjected to abnormally high temperatures in the winter the scope for growth was negative for four or five months between January and May. These population differences are discussed and the potential for using physiological integrations in intra-specific comparisons of fitness is identified.

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