Dynamics of the polychaetes Desdemona ornata and Perinereis cultrifera and their resources of food in a Mediterranean mudflat

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-296

  Rossi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlorophylla; Desdemona ornata; Macrofauna; Mediterranean; Microalgae; Mudflat; Multiscale analyses; Perinereis cultrifera

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DESDEMONA ORNATA; NEREIDIDAE; PERINEREIS CULTRIFERA; POLYCHAETA; SABELLIDAE;

EID: 0036983478     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02792.x     Document Type: Article

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