In situ grazing on plankton <10 μm by the boreal sponge Mycale lingua

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 141, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Pile, Adele J ^a,b   Patterson, Mark R ^a   Witman, Jon D ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Gulf of Maine; Mycale lingua; Sponges; Suspension feeding; Ultraplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MYCALE LINGUA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; PORIFERA;

FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; GRAZING; PLANKTON;

EID: 0029664187     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps141095     Document Type: Article

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