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TI Comparison of growth of mussel, Mytilus edulis, on longline, pole and bottom culture sites in the Pertuis Breton, France
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AF GAREN, Pierre
   ROBERT, Stephane
   BOUGRIER, Serge
AS 1:;2:;3:;
FF 1:PDG-DRV-RA-DCOP-AT;2:PDG-DEL-DRV-RA-LERPC;3:PDG-DRV-RA-CREMA;
C1 IFREMER, CNRS, Ctr Rech Ecol Marine & Aquacole, F-17137 Houmeau, France.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
SI TAHITI
   LA TREMBLADE
   LA ROCHELLE
SE PDG-DRV-RA-DCOP-AT
   PDG-DEL-DRV-RA-LERPC
   PDG-DRV-RA-CREMA
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 1.627
TC 52
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2004/publication-581.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Condition index;Emersion;Food resource;Water quality;Growth;Mytilus edulis
AB Growth of the mussel, Mytilus edulis, was compared for the first time under three culture regimes, longline located in open sea, pole and on-bottom both situated on an intertidal flat, in the Pertuis Breton, on the Atlantic coastline of France. Mussel sampling was performed on a monthly basis over 1 year while monitoring of hydrobiological parameters was conducted on a biweekly basis. Fluctuation of environmental parameters showed a similar pattern on both sea and shore locations with generally higher concentration levels for the intertidal area compared with the open sea, i.e. 4.07 and 3.17 mg 1(-1) for particulate organic matter, 3.16 and 2 mug 1(-1) for chlorophyll-a, 58.43 and 38.72 mg 1(-1) for inorganic-N, respectively. A clear seasonal growth pattern was observed, being similar for all three cultural conditions. A gradient of length and weight growth appeared as a function of the culture type. Longline mussels exhibited the highest performance while Bottom-type culture showed the lowest. An emersion time of approximately 26% was estimated from the temperature record of the Pole station during the period of maximal growth. This could partly explain the reduced growth in length on Pole compared to Longline. While growth was faster in Longline culture and condition index were better for Pole culture, further data on the carrying capacity of the area are needed for the establishment of a mussel culture extension policy. 
PY 2004
PD APR
SO Aquaculture
SN 0044-8486
PU Elsevier
VL 232
IS 1-4
UT 000220315100041
BP 511
EP 524
DI 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00535-0
ID 581
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