Organic matter assimilation and selective feeding by holothurians in the deep sea: Some observations and comments

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 407-421

  Ginger, Michael L ^b   Billett, David S M ^c   Mackenzie, Karen L ^a   Konstandinos, Kiriakoulakis ^a   Neto, Renato R ^a   Boardman, Daniel ^a   Santos, Vera L C S ^d   Horsfall, Ian M ^e   Wolff, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CELLS; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS;

REMINERALIZATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AMPERIMA ROSEA; ANIMALIA; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; HOLOTHUROIDEA; ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS;

EID: 0034754022     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00063-5     Document Type: Review

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