Horizontal transfer of matter by a cave-dwelling mysid

Marine Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-226

  Coma, R ^a   Carola, M ^b   Riera, T ^c   Zabala, M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egesta; Fecal pellet; Hemimysis speluncola; Marine caves; Mysidacea; NW Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HEMIMYSIS SPELUNCOLA; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE; HEMIMYSIS SPELUNCOLA; MYSIDACAE;

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FAECAL PELLETS; ORGANIC MATTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, MEDES ISLANDS;

EID: 0031395958     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00438.x     Document Type: Article

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