Particle feeding on suspended and deposited material is a common mode of food collection
among many groups of the Metazoa. In particular, many members of the Mollusca, most …

Bacterioplankton is an important component of marine as well as fresh waters and accounts
for a large fraction of the production of particulate matter in those ecosystems. The concept …

A fundamental knowledge of bivalve feeding behavior is a minimum requirement for
understanding how aquaculture interacts with the surrounding ecosystem. The potential …

For the first tlme for any benthic filter-feeder, this study documents each component process
of nutrient acquisition through natural tidal variations of food availability. The organic content …

Benthic particle feeders are exposed to a food supply varying in both quantity and quality.
Previous studies have shown that bivalve molluscs deal with such fluctuating particle …

Abstract Cockles Cerastoderma edule (Linné) were exposed to different food suspensions
consisting in mixtures of sediments and Tetraselmis suecica Butcher. Several parameters of …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were used to define the trophic base of the
infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve Cerastoderma edule (L.) living on an intertidal muddy …

We examined the ability of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to preferentially infest or
reject various phytoplankton species and nonliving particles. Our objective was to determine …

Knowledge of bivalve food sources has great importance in aquaculture areas where
cultured species usually occur at higher densities than in natural populations. Except …

In coastal habitats, mussels are exposed to microplastics (MP; plastic 0.1 μm–5 mm) and silt,
two abiotic particles that are similarly sized and lack nutrition. The addition of MP or silt may …