Can bacterivory alone sustain larval development in the polychaete Hydroides elegans and the barnacle Balanus amphitrite?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 1997, Pages 93-101

  Gosselin, Louis A ^a,b   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Feeding; Growth; Larval development; Size at competence; Starvation; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; FOOD SOURCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON AVAILABILITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG; PORT SHELTER;

AMPHITRITE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CIRRIPEDIA; HYDROIDES ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; THORACICA;

EID: 0031593051     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps161093     Document Type: Article

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