Role of the nutritive value of sediment in regulating population dynamics of the deposit-feeding polychaete Streblospio shrubsolii

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1129-1138

  Rossi, F ^a,b   Lardicci, C ^a  

^a Dipto di Sci dell'Uomo/dell'Amb   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT;

POLYCHAETA; STREBLOSPIO; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII;

EID: 0036943485     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0768-3     Document Type: Article

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