Patterns of differential digestion of bacteria in deposit feeders: A test of resource partitioning

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 253-258

  Plante, Craig J ^a   Shriver, April G ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic microbial loop; Deposit feeder; Sedimentary bacteria; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIGESTION; FILTER FEEDING; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

EID: 0032510501     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163253     Document Type: Article

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