The diet of the mud clam Geloina coaxans (Mollusca, Bivalvia) as indicated by fatty acid markers in a subtropical mangrove forest of Okinawa, Japan

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-197

  Bachok, Zainudin ^a   Mfilinge, Prosper L ^a   Tsuchiya, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Diet; Fatty acid markers; Geloina coaxans; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORY; DIET; FATTY ACID; MANGROVE; MOLLUSC;

JAPAN; OKINAWA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CORBICULIDAE; GELOINA; GELOINA COAXANS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0042853553     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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