Bivalve Filter Feeders

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. Feeding Physiology of Bivalves: Time-Dependence and Compensation for Changes in Food Availability

   1. Feeding Physiology of Bivalves: Time-Dependence and Compensation for Changes in Food Availability

      • Brian L. Bayne

      Pages 1-24

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   2. Infaunal Filter-Feeding Bivalves and the Physiological Response to Short-Term Fluctuations in Food Availability and Composition

      • Enrique Navarro, Juan I. P. Iglesias

      Pages 25-56

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   3. Phytoplankton-Mussel Bed Interactions in Intertidal Ecosystems

      • Harald Asmus, Ragnhild M. Asmus

      Pages 57-84

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   4. Grazing of Natural Particulates by Bivalve Molluscs: A Spatial and Temporal Perspective

      • Carter R. Newell, Sandra E. Shumway

      Pages 85-148

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   5. Invertebrate Predators and their Role in Structuring Coastal and Estuarine Populations of Filter Feeding Bivalves

      • Raymond Seed

      Pages 149-195

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   6. The Impact of Bird Predation on Marine and Estuarine Bivalve Populations: A Selective Review of Patterns and Underlying Causes

      • Patrick M. Meire

      Pages 197-243

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   7. The Role of Bivalve Filter Feeder Material Fluxes in Estuarine Ecosystems

      • Richard F. Dame

      Pages 245-269

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   8. The Uptake of Organic Matter and the Release of Inorganic Nutrients by Bivalve Suspension Feeder Beds

      • A. C. Smaal, T. C. Prins

      Pages 271-298

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   9. Hydrodynamic Control of Bivalve Filter Feeders: A Conceptual View

      • D. J. Wildish, D. D. Kristmanson

      Pages 299-324

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   10. Bivalve Feeding and the Benthic Boundary Layer

       • Marcel Fréchette, Denis Lefaivre, Cheryl Ann Butman

       Pages 325-369

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   11. Perspectives on Field Studies and Related Biological Models of Bivalve Growth and Carrying Capacity

       • Jon Grant, Michael Dowd, Keith Thompson, Craig Emerson, Annamarie Hatcher

       Pages 371-420

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   12. A Set of Models to Investigate the Role of Benthic Suspension Feeders in Estuarine Ecosystems

       • Peter M. J. Herman

       Pages 421-454

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   13. Why Carrying Capacity Models are Useful Tools for Management of Bivalve Molluscs Culture

       • Maurice Heral

       Pages 455-477

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   14. Integrated Estuarine Management — Obtaining a Sustainable Yield of Bivalve Resources While Maintaining Environmental Quality

       • Norbert Dankers

       Pages 479-511

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3. Poster Abstracts

   1. Preliminary Observations on the Hydrodynamics of Filter Feeding in Zebra Mussels

      • Josef Daniel Ackerman

      Pages 513-514

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   2. Pelagic — Benthic Interactions in an Enclosed Coastal Ecosystem: The Impact of Mytilus Edulis Populations on Water Quality in the South Docks, Liverpool

      • Janette R. Allen, Stephen J. Hawkins

      Pages 515-516

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   3. Ecosystem Modelling: Sensitivity of Physical Characteristics to Spatial Box Design

      • C. Bacher

      Pages 517-518

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   4. Oyster Farming Impact on the Environment of a Mediterranean Lagoon (THAU)(Preliminary results of the OXYTHAU programme)

      • J. M. Deslous-Paoli, N. Mazouni, P. Souchu, S. Landrein, P. Pichot, C. Juge

      Pages 519-521

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   5. Biodeposit Production in Mediterranean Shellfish Farms : Non-Linear Relationships with the Environment

      • Christian Grenz

      Pages 523-525

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Bivalve filter-feeding mollusks are important components of coastal ecosystems because they remove large quantities of suspended material from the water and excrete abundant amounts of reactive nutrients. These animals are also major prey for numerous predators including birds, fish, mammals, and invertebrates; furthermore, they are significant food resources for humans. While studies on the organismic and population level have dominated bivalve ecology, the recent focus on the ecosystem roles of filter feeding systems has led to larger-scale investigations. With this approach the specific topics of physiology, grazing, predation, nutrient cycling, physical environment, computer simulation modeling, and environmental management are combined into a meaningful whole.

• Filter Feeder
• Limnologie
• Marine Ecosystem
• Meeresbiologie
• Muscheln
• Mussels
• Schalentiere
• bivalve
• ecosystem
• environmental management
• limnology
• marine biology
• sheellfish
• ecotoxicology

• Marine Science Department, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, USA

  Richard F. Dame

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