Habitat and feeding preferences of crustacean mesoherbivores inhabiting the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol. and its epiphytic macroalgae

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-32

  Pavia, Henrik ^a   Carr, Herman ^a   Åberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Ascophyllum nodosum; Epifauna; Epiphytes; Feeding preferences; Habitat selection; Herbivory; Isopods

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; GAMMARUS LOCUSTA; IDOTEA GRANULOSA; JAERA ALBIFRONS;

EID: 0033620484     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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