Ecology and nutrition of the large agglutinated foraminiferan Bathysiphon capillare in the bathyal NE Atlantic: Distribution within the sediment profile and lipid biomarker composition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 69-82

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Pond, David W ^a   Bowser, Samuel S ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Diets; Fatty acids; Foraminiferans; Lipids; Macrofauna; NMIDS; PUFA

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DIET; LIPID; NUTRITION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL TROUGH; WYVILLE-THOMSON RIDGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYSIPHON; BATHYSIPHON CAPILLARE; FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0037132727     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245069     Document Type: Article

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