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F. J. Staff

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Effect of salinity and temperature on feeding physiology and scope for growth of an invasive species (Brachidontes pharaonis - MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) wi…

2008

Abstract The Indo-Pacific mytilid Brachidontes pharaonis (Bivalvia, Fischer 1870) offers an excellent model for the study of “Lessepsian migration” and the successive colonization at new Mediterranean locations. This species in out competing indigenous bivalves is particularly well adapted to Mediterranean conditions and this is likely due to biological characteristics and physio-ecological plasticity. In the present paper, we report on clearance rate (CR), respiration rate (RR) and Scope for Growth (SFG) of B. pharaonis collected from a Western Sicilian pond (Southern Tyrrhenian, MED). Physiological variables were determined in response to a range of temperatures from 11 ° to 20 °C and a b…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaLessepsian migrationEcologyAquatic ScienceBiologybiology.organism_classificationBivalviaBiological invasions Brachidontes pharaonis Clearance rate Lesseptian migration Mediterranean Scope for growthSalinityMediterranean seaBrachidontes pharaonisRespiration rateClearance rateMolluscaEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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