All animal studies were conducted in accordance with local legislation. All investigations were performed on mussels, Mytilus sp.. All mussels were collected manually by a diver from natural recruitment in Isfjorden, near Longyearbyen (latitude 78°13′N, longitude 15°38′E), Svalbard. Before experiment, mussels were translocated and acclimated for 2 months at the experimental site.
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