Feeding selectivity of the harpacticoid copepod Canuella perplexa in benthic muddy environments demonstrated by HPLC analyses of chlorin and carotenoid pigments

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Buffan Dubau, Evelyne ^a   De Wit, Rutger ^a   Castel, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Canuella perplexa; Gut content; Harpacticoid copepod; HPLC; Muddy sediment; Natural diet; Pigment

Indexed keywords

CANUELLA PERPLEXA; COPEPODA;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DIET; FEEDING SELECTIVITY; MUDDY SEDIMENT;

FRANCE, GIRONDE, ARCACHON BAY;

EID: 0029669520     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137071     Document Type: Article

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