Diel feeding behavior of meiofauna and their relationships with microalgal resources

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 381-395

  Buffan Dubau, Evelyne ^a,b   Carman, Kevin R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEIOFAUNA; SALTMARSH;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; COULLANA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE; OSTRACODA; PSEUDOSTENHELIA; PSEUDOSTENHELIA WELLSI; SPARTINA ALTERNIFIORA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0034056622     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.2.0381     Document Type: Article

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