Feeding ecology of Platynereis dumerilii (Audouin & Milne-Edwards) in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica system: The role of the epiphytic flora (Polychaeta, Nereididae)

Ophelia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-202

  Gambi, Maria Cristina ^a   Zupo, Valerio ^a   Buia, Maria Cristina ^a   Mazzella, Lucia ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Feeding; Meditterranean Sea; Nereididae; Platynereis; Polychaeta; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CYSTOSEIRA; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; HERBIVORY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EPIPHYTE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HERBIVORY; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYSTOSEIRA; NEREIDIDAE; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0034493626     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.2000.10409449     Document Type: Article

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