Sources of carbon and dietary habits of new Lessepsian entry Brachidontes pharaonis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in the western Mediterranean

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-722

  Sara G ^a   Vizzini, S ^a   Mazzola, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLLUSC; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES; BRACHIDONTES PHARAONIS; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; CYSTOSEIRA; INVERTEBRATA; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA PAPILLOSA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 0345017087     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1118-4     Document Type: Article

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