Nutrition and food limitation of deposit-feeders. I. The role of microbes in the growth of mod snails (Hydrobiidae)

Authors

Jeffrey S. Levinton, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A.
Thomas S. Bianchi, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A.

Abstract

A series of laboratory microcosm experiments demonstrate that somatic growth of the deposit-feeding gastropod, Hydrobia totteni, is related strongly to microalgal standing stock. Microalgal standing stock is, in turn, determined by the relative rates of grazing and recovery....

Recommended Citation

Levinton, Jeffrey S., and Thomas S. Bianchi. 1981. "Nutrition and food limitation of deposit-feeders. I. The role of microbes in the growth of mod snails (Hydrobiidae)." Journal of Marine Research 39, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1557