%0 Journal Article %A Govorin, I. A. %D 2015 %I Begell House %K mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam., albino-form specimens, depigmentation of mussel's mantle and podium, frequency of occurrence, size-mass parameters, Odessa region, north-western section of the Black Sea %N 2 %P 21-29 %R 10.1615/HydrobJ.v51.i2.20 %T Frequency of Occurrence and Morphometric Characteristics of Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis with Non-pigmented Tissular Structures near the Odessa Coast of the Black Sea %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/38cb2223012b73f2,42fd6bb5522d211a,6f69271e2ce70528.html %V 51 %X The frequency of occurrence, size-mass parameters and phenotypic belonging of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) with partial albinism (non-pigmented mantle and podium) in the bottom communities and periphyton settlements near the Odessa bay (the Lanzheron Cape, north-western section of the Black Sea), were studied. Individual morphometric characteristics were compared of albino-forms and normally colored specimens. No statistically significant differences of mass characteristics of the shells, wet and dry mass of the soft body between non-pigmented and normally colored specimens of the same size group were found. %8 2015-04-07