A review on self-thinning in mussels

Marine bivalves of the family Mytilidae have achieved an impressive ability to dominate rocky shores. Mussel populations usually form highly dense, overcrowded and multilayered matrices or beds, where intraspecific competition is intense and so, self-thinning processes are expected to occur. In this...

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Autor principal:	Guiñez,Ricardo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2005
Materias:	Littoral intraspecific competition self-thinning space driven food driven bivalves
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-195720050001000012005-10-07A review on self-thinning in musselsGuiñez,Ricardo Littoral intraspecific competition self-thinning space driven food driven bivalves Marine bivalves of the family Mytilidae have achieved an impressive ability to dominate rocky shores. Mussel populations usually form highly dense, overcrowded and multilayered matrices or beds, where intraspecific competition is intense and so, self-thinning processes are expected to occur. In this work, I review the literature on self-thinning in mussels with special reference to the development of new models. I suggest that more experimental and theoretical work is needed to properly understand space- and food-driven self-thinning in overcrowded and multilayered mollusks. I conclude that the development of new kinds of 3D models that include explicitly the crowding or layering effects on self-thinning would open new theoretical and experimental avenues to explore the relationship between density and size, not only in mussels but also in gregarious animals in generalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del MarRevista de biología marina y oceanografía v.40 n.1 20052005-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572005000100001en10.4067/S0718-19572005000100001
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description	Marine bivalves of the family Mytilidae have achieved an impressive ability to dominate rocky shores. Mussel populations usually form highly dense, overcrowded and multilayered matrices or beds, where intraspecific competition is intense and so, self-thinning processes are expected to occur. In this work, I review the literature on self-thinning in mussels with special reference to the development of new models. I suggest that more experimental and theoretical work is needed to properly understand space- and food-driven self-thinning in overcrowded and multilayered mollusks. I conclude that the development of new kinds of 3D models that include explicitly the crowding or layering effects on self-thinning would open new theoretical and experimental avenues to explore the relationship between density and size, not only in mussels but also in gregarious animals in general
author	Guiñez,Ricardo
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title	A review on self-thinning in mussels
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publisher	Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
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A review on self-thinning in mussels

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