Imerys Pool, RSPB Arne Nature Reserve, Poole Harbour, Dorset - 12th October 2024
Mytilus edulis
Common, or Blue, Mussel
Common, or Blue, Mussel
References of use / interest in the annotation of the above images:
Beninger, P. G., Veniot, A., & Poussart, Y. (1999). Principles of pseudofeces rejection on the bivalve mantle: Integration in particle processing. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 178, 259–269. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps178259
Broekhoven, W. van, Jansen, H., Verdegem, M., Struyf, E., Troost, K., Lindeboom, H., & Smaal, A. (2015). Nutrient regeneration from feces and pseudofeces of mussel Mytilus edulis spat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 534, 107–120. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11402
Davenport, J., Smith, R. J. J. W., & Packer, M. (2000). Mussels Mytilus edulis: Significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 198, 131–137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps198131
Jonsson, A., Nielsen, T. G., Hrubenja, I., Maar, M., & Petersen, J. K. (2009). Eating your competitor: Functional triangle between turbulence, copepod escape behavior and predation from mussels. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376, 143–151. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07817
Mitton, J. B. (1977). Shell color and pattern variation in Mytilus edulis and its adaptive significance. Chesapeake Science, 18(4), 387–390. https://doi.org/10.2307/1350595
Riisgård, H. U., Egede, P. P., & Barreiro Saavedra, I. (2011). Feeding Behaviour of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis: New Observations, with a Minireview of Current Knowledge. Journal of Marine Sciences, 2011(1), 312459. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/312459
Riisgård, H. U., Jørgensen, B. H., Lundgreen, K., Storti, F., Walther, J. H., Meyer, K. E., & Larsen, P. S. (2011). The exhalant jet of mussels Mytilus edulis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 437, 147–164. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09268
Troost, K., Stamhuis, E. J., Van Duren, L. A., & Wolff, W. J. (2009). Feeding current characteristics of three morphologically different bivalve suspension feeders, Crassostrea gigas, Mytilus edulis and Cerastoderma edule, in relation to food competition. Marine Biology, 156(3), 355–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1088-7
Willer, D., & Aldridge, D. (2017). Microencapsulated diets to improve bivalve shellfish aquaculture. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 171142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171142
Wong, W. H., & Levinton, J. S. (2006). The trophic linkage between zooplankton and benthic suspension feeders: Direct evidence from analyses of bivalve faecal pellets. Marine Biology, 148(4), 799–805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0096-0
Beninger, P. G., Veniot, A., & Poussart, Y. (1999). Principles of pseudofeces rejection on the bivalve mantle: Integration in particle processing. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 178, 259–269. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps178259
Broekhoven, W. van, Jansen, H., Verdegem, M., Struyf, E., Troost, K., Lindeboom, H., & Smaal, A. (2015). Nutrient regeneration from feces and pseudofeces of mussel Mytilus edulis spat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 534, 107–120. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11402
Davenport, J., Smith, R. J. J. W., & Packer, M. (2000). Mussels Mytilus edulis: Significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 198, 131–137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps198131
Jonsson, A., Nielsen, T. G., Hrubenja, I., Maar, M., & Petersen, J. K. (2009). Eating your competitor: Functional triangle between turbulence, copepod escape behavior and predation from mussels. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376, 143–151. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07817
Mitton, J. B. (1977). Shell color and pattern variation in Mytilus edulis and its adaptive significance. Chesapeake Science, 18(4), 387–390. https://doi.org/10.2307/1350595
Riisgård, H. U., Egede, P. P., & Barreiro Saavedra, I. (2011). Feeding Behaviour of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis: New Observations, with a Minireview of Current Knowledge. Journal of Marine Sciences, 2011(1), 312459. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/312459
Riisgård, H. U., Jørgensen, B. H., Lundgreen, K., Storti, F., Walther, J. H., Meyer, K. E., & Larsen, P. S. (2011). The exhalant jet of mussels Mytilus edulis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 437, 147–164. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09268
Troost, K., Stamhuis, E. J., Van Duren, L. A., & Wolff, W. J. (2009). Feeding current characteristics of three morphologically different bivalve suspension feeders, Crassostrea gigas, Mytilus edulis and Cerastoderma edule, in relation to food competition. Marine Biology, 156(3), 355–372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1088-7
Willer, D., & Aldridge, D. (2017). Microencapsulated diets to improve bivalve shellfish aquaculture. Royal Society Open Science, 4, 171142. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171142
Wong, W. H., & Levinton, J. S. (2006). The trophic linkage between zooplankton and benthic suspension feeders: Direct evidence from analyses of bivalve faecal pellets. Marine Biology, 148(4), 799–805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0096-0