Intraspecific variations in δ13C indicate ontogenetic diet changes in deposit-feeding polychaetes

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1357-1370

  Hentschel, Brian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Complex life cycle; Deposit feeder; Detritivore; False Bay, Washington; Ontogenetic niche shift; Polychaete; Recruitment bottleneck; Resource partitioning; Skagit Bay, Washington; Stable isotope; 13C

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIETARY SHIFT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

AMPHARETIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHICTEIS FLORIDUS; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CORNUTA; HOBSONIA FLORIDA; INVERTEBRATA; JAPONICA; POACEAE; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA CORNUTA; PSEUDOPOLYDORA; PSEUDOPOLYDORA KEMPI; PSEUDOPOLYDORA KEMPI JAPONICA; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0031853705     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1357:IVICIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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