Weight-to-weight conversion factors for marine benthic macroinvertebrates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 245-251

  Ricciardi, Anthony ^a   Bourget, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biomass; Conversion factors; Dry weight; Energy flow; Marine invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ZOOBENTHOS;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0032510495     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163245     Document Type: Article

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