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Preliminary experiments on the feeding and excretion of bivalves using Phaeodactylum labelled with 32P

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. A. Allen
J. A. Allen
Affiliation:
Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats
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In a series of experiments to investigate feeding and excretion in bivalves, Mya arenaria, Venus striatula, Ostrea edulis and Cuspidaria cuspidata were fed with suspensions of Phaeodactylum labelled with 32P. Although there is considerable variation in the filtering rates, specimens of O. edulis were found to have an average rate of 6·6 ml./h/mg dry body tissue. This figure is more than six times greater than that recorded for M. arenaria and V. striatula. No filtration was recorded in the carnivore C. cuspidata.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , October 1962 , pp. 609 - 623
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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