Tracing the flow of organic matter from primary producers to filter feeders in Ria Formosa lagoon, Southern Portugal

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 846-856

  Machás, Raquel ^a   Santos, Rui ^a   Peterson, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; DETRITUS; FILTER FEEDER; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SESTON; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BOSTRYCHIA SCORPIOIDES; HALOPHILA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA; TAPES DECUSSATUS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0142198440     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02803343     Document Type: Article

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