Species specific uptake of radio-labelled phytodetritus by benthic meiofauna from the Baltic Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 63-72

  Ólafsson, Emil ^a   Modig, Helene ^a   Van De Bund, Wouter J ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

14C radio label; Food web; Meiofauna; Pelagic benthic coupling

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DETRITUS; DIATOM; MEIOFAUNA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CANDONA NEGLECTA; HETEROCYPRIDEIS; HETEROCYPRIDEIS SORBYANA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; PARACANTHONCHUS; PARACYPRIDEIS; PARACYPRIDEIS FENNICA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 0033545365     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177063     Document Type: Article

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