Research Article

Fluorometer Controlled Apparatus Designed for Long-Duration Algal-Feeding Experiments and Environmental Effect Studies with Mussels

Figure 8

Mytilus edulis. (a) Salinity changing rates ( ) and simultaneous filtration changing rates ( ) of mussels in Experiment #2 (see Table 2) (dotted horizontal line fitted by eye; dotted oblique lines = slope of regression line = ). (b) Shell opening degree (SOD; cf. [25]) of mussels measured from digital pictures taken during the experiment (dotted line fitted by eye).
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