Sediment distribution, hydrolytic enzyme profiles and bacterial activities in the guts of Oneirophanta mutabilis, Psychropotes longicauda and Pseudostichopus villosus: What do they tell us about digestive strategies of abyssal holothurians?

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 443-458

  Roberts, D ^a   Moore, H M ^a   Berges, J ^a   Patching, J W ^b   Carton, M W ^b   Eardly, D F ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYMES; SEDIMENTS; TISSUE;

MICROBIAL BREAKDOWN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ECHINODERM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; ONEIROPHANTA MUTABILIS; PSEUDOSTICHOPUS VILLOSUS; PSYCHROPOTES LONGICAUDA;

EID: 0034765527     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00065-9     Document Type: Review

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