Predator-prey systems of drifting seaweed communities off the Tohoku coast, northern Japan, as determined by feeding habit analysis of phytal animals

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 260-268

  Sano, Minoru ^a   Omori, Michio ^b   Taniguchi, Kazuya ^b  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drifting seaweed; Feeding habits; Phytal animals; Predator prey system

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALLORCHESTES; ALLORCHESTES ANGUSTA; AMPHITHOE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALLIOPIUS; CAPRELLA; CAPRELLA PENANTIS; CAPRELLIDA; COCCONEIS; CRUSTACEA; CYMODOCE; CYMODOCE JAPONICA; ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTA; IDOTEA; IDOTEA METALLICA; ISOPODA; JAPONICA; JASSA MARMORATA; JASSA SLATTERYI; LEPAS; LEPAS ANSERIFERA; LICMOPHORA; MEGALOPS; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; PLANES CYANEUS; PLATYNEREIS; PLATYNEREIS BICANALICULATA; POLYCHAETA; SPHACELARIA; SPHACELARIA FURCIGERA; STENOTHOE;

EID: 0038711936     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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