Effects of suspended sediment on survival, growth, and nutritional condition of green-lipped mussel spat (Perna canaliculus, Gmelin, 1791)

Published: 24 December 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/v74xmgcwgg.1
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Highlights • Juvenile mussels highly resistant to suspended sediment up to 1250 mg L-1 • No effect of suspended sediment on mortality of juvenile mussels • Nutritional condition of juvenile mussels not affected by suspended sediment • Increased shell growth of juvenile mussels in high suspended sediment These data comprise mussel spat length, mortality, and experimental conditions, as well as R code to process data.

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University of Auckland

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Sedimentation, Coastal Restoration, Coastal Pollution, Turbidity, Coastal Ecology, Invertebrate Biology

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