Article: Co-culture of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the edible mussel Mytilus edulis L. on the west coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.(Report)

ABSTRACT The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus was grown on commercial mussel long-lines with the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, at a farm in Loch Beag, on the west coast of Scotland, to investigate if enhanced sea urchin survivorship and performance (somatic and gonadal) resulted from sea urchin-mussel co-culture system. The sea urchins were red four diets including: two class sizes of M. edulis, (1) large mussels (31.16 [+ or -] 5.25 mm shell length), (2) small mussels (18.47 [+ or -] 4.86 mm shell length), (3) the kelp Laminaria spp. and (4) no additional feed. The experimental period lasted for 12 mo. No significant difference was observed in survivorship among ...

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