Intraspecific food competition in the deposit-feeding benthic amphipod Monoporeia affinis - A laboratory study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 210, Issue , 2001, Pages 185-193

  Elmgren, R ^a   Ejdung, G ^a   Ankar, S ^a  

^a Dept of Systems Ecology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Deposit feeder; Food limitation; Intraspecific competition; Macrobenthos; Monoporeia affinis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEPOSIT FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

BALTIC SEA;

MONOPOREIA AFFINIS;

EID: 0035951367     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps210185     Document Type: Article

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