Mass and metabolism of a mussel bed
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
3-1-1971
Abstract
A mussel bed dominated by Mytilus edulis contained large concentrations of living consumer biomass, with over 14 kg dry weight/m2 distributed among eleven species. An additional 14.4 kg dry weight/m2 was present as empty shell fragments that contributed to community structure. Field measurements of community respiration for this dense animal system showed a roughly hyperbolic response to increasing current speed. In still water, oxygen uptake was 0.2g O2/m2/hr while in currents over 0.1 m/sec it quickly rose to about 2.7 g O2/m2/hr. © 1971 Springer-Verlag.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Oecologia
Volume
8
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Nixon, Scott W., Candace A. Oviatt, Caroline Rogers, and Kenneth Taylor. "Mass and metabolism of a mussel bed." Oecologia 8, 1 (1971). doi: 10.1007/BF00345624.