Biological control of marine sediment stability by the mussels Mytilus edulis L. and Modiolus modiolus (L.)

The work reported in this thesis is divided into 3 main sections as follows. Section 1. The external morphology of byssus threads produced by Mytilus edulis and Modiolus modiolus was studied by scanning electron microscopy. Section 2. Several laboratory experiments were performed to determine how se...

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Main Author: Shand, Peter
Published: University of Glasgow 1987
Subjects:
590
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305845