Hydroid Colonies as Primary Substrata for Recruits of the Mussel Mytilus edulis platensis Front off Mar del Plata, Argentina

GENZANO, G. N.; A. C. EXCOFFON; F. H. ACUÑA AND M. O. ZAMPONI. 2003

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Marine Biological Laboratory. University of Copenhagen

Lugar: Copenhagen; Año: 2003 vol. 57 p. 53 - 61

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Due to the sparse presence of algae, hydroid clumps appear as the main primary substrata for the settlement of epizoical mussels in Buenos Aires province (Argentina). The settlement and growth of Mytilus edulis platensis on Amphisbetia operculata and Plumularia setacea colonies during the first life stages was analyzed throughout the year and the double settling larvae phenomenon is discussed.