Growth, filtration and respiration in the mussel Mytilus edulis: No evidence for physiological regulation of the filter-pump to nutritional needs

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作者
Clausen, I [1 ]
Riisgard, HU [1 ]
机构
[1] ODENSE UNIV, INST BIOL, DK-5230 ODENSE M, DENMARK
关键词
actual and estimated growth; feeding and effects of silt; costs of growth; net growth efficiency; regulation of filtration rate;
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10.3354/meps141037
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
The specific growth rate of blue mussels Mytilus edulis fed Rhodomonas sp, algal cells in laboratory experiments increased with increasing food concentration to obtain a maximum value of about 9.5% d(-1), irrespective of a relatively high concentration of silt (5 mg l(-1)) added to the water. Likewise, the net growth efficiency increased with the specific growth rate to a maximum value of about 75%. Measurements of the relationship between respiration and growth showed that the energy cost of growth constituted 12% of the growth. The filtration rate of a 100 mg dry wt 'standard' mussel was high and constant (about 30 ml min(-1)) at algal concentrations below about 6000 cells ml(-1) when measured in both short-time (5 h) and long-time (9 to 14 d) experiments. High algal concentrations of 1.3 to 2.4 x 10(4) cells ml(-1) reduced the filtration rate by about 40%. The estimated growth, presuming maximum filtration rate, satisfactorily described the actual growth at algal concentrations < 5000 cells ml(-1), and the concentration necessary for maximum growth was estimated at 4500 cells ml(-1) (corresponding to 5.6 mu g chlorophyll a l(-1)). The mean specific growth rate in M. edulis transferred in net bags to a fjord system (Kertinge Nor/Kerteminde Fjord, Denmark) was about 6% d(-1). The results show that there is no physiological regulation of the filtration rate to nutritional needs, and that food uptake in nature (median concentration in Danish waters = 5.1 mu g chlorophyll a l(-1)) is characterized by the full exploitation of the capacity of the bivalve filter-pump.
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