Dataset: mussel dislodgement data
Deployment: Denny_2014

Theoretical dislodgement data for mussels
Principal Investigator: 
Dr Mark W Denny (Stanford University - Hopkins, Stanford-HMS)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Dr Bengt J Allen (California State University Long Beach, CSULB)
Student: 
Adam Cole (Stanford University - Hopkins, Stanford-HMS)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Current State: 
Final no updates expected
Version: 
2016-01-15
Version Date: 
2016-01-15
Description

This dataset includes the number and attachment sites of byssal threads produced by individual mussels.

Related Reference:

Cole, A. and Denny MW. (2014) United we fail: group versus individual strength in the ribbed mussel Mytilus californianus. Biol. Bull. 227: 61-67.

These data are also available at the Stanford Digital Repository: http://purl.stanford.edu/ph942zz5524

Related Datasets:

mussel size vs. byssal count
mussel size vs. byssal width
mussel byssus tenacity

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