Food availability and gut contents in the ascidian Cnemidocarpa verrucosa at Potter Cove, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-64

  Tatián, Marcos ^a   Sahade, Ricardo ^a   Kowalke, Jens ^b   Kivatinitz, Silvia C ^a   Esnal, Graciela B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTER FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; STOMACH CONTENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CNEMIDOCARPA; CNEMIDOCARPA VERRUCOSA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036927125     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000100311     Document Type: Article

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