Carbon and nitrogen fluxes in sediment inhabited by suspension-feeding (Nereis diversicolor) and non-suspension-feeding (N. virens) polychaetes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 192, Issue , 2000, Pages 203-217

  Christensen, Bjarne ^a   Vedel, Anders ^a   Kristensen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon; Deposit feeding; Fluxes; Nereis diversicolor; Nereis virens; Nitrogen; Sandy sediment; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMPACT; NITROGEN; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIDIDAE; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA; RHODOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0342545848     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps192203     Document Type: Article

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