Seasonal changes in quality and quantity of food available for benthic suspension-feeders in the Golfo Marconi (North-western Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-736

  Danovaro, R ^a   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbohydrates; DNA; Lipids; Particulate organic matter; Proteins; Suspension feeders

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOPOLYMER; FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SESTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

LIGURIAN SEA, GULF OF MARCONI;

EID: 0031150335     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0135     Document Type: Article

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