"The Shellfish Corner: Filter Feeding Bivalves as Processors of Coastal Waters" by Michael A Rice

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The Shellfish Corner: Filter Feeding Bivalves as Processors of Coastal Waters

Aquaculture Magazine (2015)

Michael A Rice, University of Rhode Island

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Abstract

Bivalves have a profound role in controlling the boom and bust cycles of seasonal phytoplankton blooms, and the increased rates of sediment deposition to the bottom by bivalves are an important "coupler" between the water column and the bottom that stimulates the rate of decomposition and other processes in the sediments.

Keywords

Filter feeding,
bivalves,
filtration,
benthic-pelagic coupling

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries,
Marine Biology and
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

Publication Date

September, 2015

Citation Information

Michael A Rice. "The Shellfish Corner: Filter Feeding Bivalves as Processors of Coastal Waters" Aquaculture Magazine Vol. 41 Iss. 5 (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_rice/52/