Abstract
The utilisation of the exudates of bacteria (Lactobacillus sp.) and phytoplankton (Pavlova lutheri) by the clam Venus verrucosa Linné under identical experimental conditions was studied. 61.7% of the bacterial exudates were consumed but only 19.9% of the algal exudates. V. verrucosa would seem to assimilate bacterial products more easily than phytoplankton exudates. The study was performed in 1980.
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Amouroux, J.M. Preliminary study on the consumption of dissolved organic matter (exudates) of bacteria and phytoplankton by the marine bivalve Venus verrucosa . Mar. Biol. 82, 109–112 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394094
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