Phytoplankton composition and selective feeding of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera in the Takapoto lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia): In situ study using optical microscopy and HPLC pigment analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 199, Issue , 2000, Pages 55-67

  Loret, Pascale ^a   Pastoureaud, Annie ^b   Bacher, Cédric ^b   Delesalle, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; French Polynesia; Natural diet; Pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera; Phytoplankton pigments; Selective feeding

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYTE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAGOON; MICROSCOPY; NANOFLAGELLATE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PICOCYANOBACTERIUM; PRYMNESIOPHYTE;

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; TAKAPOTO LAGOON; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MARGARITIFERA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA MARGARITIFERA;

EID: 0034717605     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps199055     Document Type: Article

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