Epibiosis Reduction on Productivity in a Mussel Culture of Perna perna (Linné, 1758)

Cultivated mussels (Perna perna) were studied to test for the effects of cleaning on their growth. These effects were examined by experimentally cleaning mussels and by changing mussel density. Treatment was performed twice, at two and four months after immerging the ropes. Two months after the firs...

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Main Authors: Metri Rafael, Rocha Rosana Moreira da, Marenzi Adriano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2002-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132002000300011