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Effects of crude oil and salinity stress on the metabolism of two common filter-feeding animals (Mytilus edulis and Modiolus demissus) have been investigated. Carbon budgets have been calculated for each species under a variety of combinations of oil content and salinity. Both reduced salinity and the presence of crude oil tend to decrease the net carbon flux for each species; stresses from each source interacted in their effects on experimental animals. Although similar responses to oil were shown by each species, Mytilus edulis appeared to be slightly more resistant to oil than Modiolus demissus.
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Gilfillan, E.S. Decrease of net carbon flux in two species of mussels caused by extracts of crude oil. Mar. Biol. 29, 53–57 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00395527
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