Feeding biology and carbon budget of the sediment-burrowing heart urchin Brissopsis lyrifera (Echinoidea: Spatangoida)

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 959-969

  Hollertz, K ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; BURROWING ORGANISM; CARBON BUDGET; ECHINODERM; FEEDING; FOOD SELECTION; INGESTION RATE;

ANIMALIA; BRISSOPSIS; BRISSOPSIS LYRIFERA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; SPATANGOIDA;

EID: 0036941213     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0764-7     Document Type: Article

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