Utilization of algal and bacterial extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) by the deposit-feeding brittlestar Amphipholis gracillima (Echinodermata)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 93-101

  Hoskins, D L ^a   Stancyk, S E ^b   Decho, A W ^b  

^a SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittlestar; Deposit feeding; Echinoderm; EPS; Extracellular polymeric secretions

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ECHINODERM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; SECRETION;

ALGAE; AMPHIPHOLIS GRACILLIMA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA; OPHIUROIDEA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS ATLANTICA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0037418098     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247093     Document Type: Article

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