Reproductive effort and value in different populations of the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis L.
Bayne, B.L.; Salkeld, P.N.; Worrall, C.M. (1983). Reproductive effort and value in different populations of the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis L. Oecologia 59(1): 18-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00388067
In: Oecologia. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0029-8549; e-ISSN 1432-1939, more
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Body size
Distribution > Geographical distribution > Horizontal distribution
Energy budget
Properties > Biological properties > Fecundity
Reproduction
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Bayne, B.L.
- Salkeld, P.N.
- Worrall, C.M.
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| Abstract |
Fecundity, reproductive effort, the energetic costs of reproduction and the reproductive value of different size classes were measured for mussels (M. edulis) at different sites and related to age and to tissue weight. Variability between sites was considerable and differences as great as 10 x were recorded between minimum and maximum values for egg production, reproductive effort and reproductive value. However, similarities between mussels from different sites were also apparent, as regards egg size, the estimated metabolic costs of egg production, the relationship between egg production and body size, the fact of an increase in reproductive effort with increase in size, and the age at which maximum residual reproductive values was expressed. |
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