Seasonal changes in C, N and P budgets of green-lipped mussels Perna viridis and removal of nutrients from fish farming in Hong Kong

Uptake, release, and absorption of nutrients into the marine environment by the green mussel (Perna viridis)

“…Subsequently, a decrease in dissolved oxygen in and near the seabed can be found due to increased bacterial activity in the sediment Jansen et al, 2012). Researches have also shown that green mussel excretions vary due to differences in the body size of mussels, seawater temperature (Gao et al, 2008) and salinity (Masilamoni et al, 2001). However, the influence of food consumption on the release rate of nutrients requires more exploration.…”

“…The yield of green mussels in the year 2012 was 103,203 tons, which accounted for 55.53% of the total mass shellfish production, followed by blood cockles and oysters (Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 2014). Green mussels are easy to grow, and they can be traded as commercial food; in addition, they are environment friendly because they clean seawater through their filtration efficiency (Gao et al, 2008). However, very dense mussel farming can give rise to some negative effects on marine environments such as blocking the water current, increasing sedimentation rate, and circulating polluting nutrients back into the seawater (Stadmark and Conley, 2011).…”

Growth of Mytilus galloprovincialis (mollusca, bivalvia) close to fish farms: a case of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture within the Tyrrhenian Sea

“…fish; Troell & Norberg, 1998). Thus, energy contained in the waste that otherwise would be lost to the surrounding environment, is transformed into edible biomass and channelled through the adjacent trophic webs as evidenced by some studies using the stable isotope approach (Mazzola & Sarà, 2001;Gao et al, 2006Gao et al, , 2008. Feed that is otherwise lost and spread out in the environment would result in organic accumulation on sediments (Kalantzi & Karakassis, 2006) and in the water column Sarà et al, 2006;Sarà, 2007b).…”

Scope for growth of Mytilus galloprovincialis and Perna viridis as a thermal stress index in the coastal waters of Japan: Field studies at the Uranouchi inlet and Yokohama

“…Considering the appropriate food environment for P. viridis i.e. POM around 1-7 mg-dry l −1 (Gao et al, 2008;Cheung, 1999, 2001), POM at our studied sites (0.4-1.9) was close to the lower boundary of the reported POM range for habitat waters. Despite food preference efficiency of P. viridis is not documented among labial and refractory organic matter, total amount of possible energy ingestion is likely not to be sufficient.…”