Development of an Algal Diet for Rearing Juvenile Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae)
Feeding selectivity by the rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) was examined for three age groups; 2-3 days old, 50-53 days old, and 3-6 years old. The mussels were fed an algal diet consisting of Scenedesmus quadricauda (22.3 - 44.5 Æ Ã m), Nannochloropsis oculata (2.8 ¡V 8.1 Æ Ã m), and Selenastrum cap...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33017 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05202001-211659/ |