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Bivalve production and food chain efficiency in an experimental nursery system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. G. Rodhouse ,
B. Ottway  and
G. M. Burnell
P. G. Rodhouse
Affiliation:
Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna, Co. Galway, Ireland
B. Ottway
Affiliation:
Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna, Co. Galway, Ireland
G. M. Burnell
Affiliation:
Shellfish Research Laboratory, Carna, Co. Galway, Ireland
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An experiment was performed to assess the productivity, food chain efficiency and nitrogen conversion efficiency of a semi-closed nursery system for bivalve spat held in upwelling columns. Algal blooms were encouraged by nutrient enrichment of onshore tanks and maintained for short periods under grazing pressure from bivalves.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 243 - 256
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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