Benthic suspension feeders: Their paramount role in littoral marine food webs

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 316-321

  Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Coma, Rafel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEEDING; FOOD CHAIN; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PREDATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031849624     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01365-2     Document Type: Review

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