Macrofaunal processing of phytodetritus at two sites on the Carolina margin: In situ experiments using 13C-labeled diatoms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 182, Issue , 1999, Pages 37-54

  Levin, L A ^a   Blair, N E ^b   Martin, C M ^a   Demaster, D J ^b   Plaia, G ^b   Thomas, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutinated protozoa; Aricidea; Bioturbation; Ceratocephale; Continental slope; Deposit feeding; Macrofauna; Polychaete; Praxillella; Tracer; 13C

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DETRITUS; FEEDING MECHANISM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ARICIDEA; CERATOCEPHALE; PRAXILLELLA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 0033546131     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps182037     Document Type: Article

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