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The Effect of Mytilicola Intestinalis on the Biochemical Composition of Mussels1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. S. Williams
Affiliation:
Biological Laboratories, The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London, W.

Extract

The biochemical constituents of mussels both infected and free from the copepod parasite Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer have been determined over a period of 2 years. All the constituents except moisture content (i.e. lipid, protein, carbohydrate and ash) were determined from dried mussel flesh, and all showed seasonal variation, the changes of which were correlated to the breeding cycle of the mussel.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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