Food resource partitioning and competition among alvinellid polychaetes of Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vents

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 246, Issue , 2003, Pages 173-182

  Levesque, Christian ^a   Juniper, S Kim ^a   Marcus, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvinellid polychaetes; Competition; Food partitioning; Hydrothermal vents; Stable isotopes; Variable habitats

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; POLYCHAETE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALVINELLIDAE; PARALVINELLA PALMIFORMIS; PARALVINELLA PANDORAE; PARALVINELLA SULFINCOLA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0037448637     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps246173     Document Type: Article

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