An in-situ study on the influence of ascidian suspension feeding on the subtidal nepheloid layer in the northern Adriatic Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 359-372

  Hartl, Mark G J ^a,b   Ott, Jörg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascidiacea; Benthos; Filter feeders; Microcosmus sulcatus; POM; Sedimentation; Sublittoral; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; NEPHLOID LAYER; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCIDIACEA; MICROCOSMUS SULCATUS;

EID: 0033490856     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.1999.2034083.x     Document Type: Article

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