Trophic ecology of nematodes from various microhabitats of the Roscoff Aber Bay (France): Importance of stranded macroalgae evidenced through δ13C and δ15N

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 260, Issue , 2003, Pages 151-159

  Riera, P ^a   Hubas, C ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Intertidal bay; Nematodes; Stable isotopes; Stranded algae

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; NEMATODE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BRITTANY; FRANCE; ROSCOFF ABER BAY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ENTEROMORPHA; EUKARYOTA; FUCUS SPIRALIS; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; NEMATODA; SPARTINA MARITIMA; ULVA;

EID: 0242307823     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps260151     Document Type: Article

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