Food sources of the infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve Cerastoderma edule in a muddy sandflat of Marennes-Oleron Bay, as determined by analyses of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 147-158

  Kang, C K ^a,b   Sauriau, P G ^b   Richard, P ^b   Blanchard, G F ^b  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Microphytobenthos; Particulate organic matter; Stable isotope ratios; Suspension feeder

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BENTHIC INFAUNA; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEASONALITY;

FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; ENTEROMORPHA COMPRESSA; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS; ULVA; ULVA COMPRESSA; ULVA RIGIDA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0033554639     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187147     Document Type: Article

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