The effect of changes in quantity and quality of food on the feeding behaviour of the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria, using a new technique to determine gut retention time

• Main Author: Scarratt, Alison Margaret, 1968-
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Biology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Mya arenaria; Clams > Feed utilization efficiency > Newfoundland and Labrador; Clams > Newfoundland and Labrador > Food; Canada; Coulter; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses3/id/168526

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1994. Biology Bibliography: leaves 120-128 This study investigates the effect of changes in the quantity and quality of food on the feeding behaviour of Mya arenaria, the soft-shelled clam. M. arenaria is a suspension- feeding bivalve, ingesting p...