The rate and strength of byssal reattachment by blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.)
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 68 (9) , 2005-2009
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-282
Abstract
The rate of secretion and number of byssal threads by which blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) reattach were measured in circulating seawater and with the mussels exposed to currents between 10 and 20 cm/s. In circulating water, larger mussels secrete more byssal threads than small mussels and appear to do so more rapidly. If detached blue mussels are exposed to currents, this pattern is reversed; when exposed to high currents, small mussels reattach more rapidly than large mussels.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Mussel glue fromMytilus californianus Conrad: a comparative studyJournal of Comparative Physiology B, 1986
- Byssus drifting and the drifting threads of the young post-larval mussel Mytilus edulisMarine Biology, 1985
- Byssus-thread formation by the mussel Mytilus edulis: effects of environmental factorsMarine Ecology Progress Series, 1985
- Response to, and selection between, firm substrata by Mytilus edulisJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1983
- Evidence for a repeating 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine- and hydroxyproline-containing decapeptide in the adhesive protein of the mussel, Mytilus edulis L.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1983
- An Analysis of Factors Determining Seasonal Variation in the Byssal Attachment Strength of Mytilus EdulisJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1982