Green urchin as a significant source of fecal particulate organic matter within nearshore benthic ecosystems

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-174

  Mamelona, Jean ^a   Pelletier, Émilien ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic ecosystem; Consumption rate; Defecation rate; Green urchin; Macroalgae; Macronutrients; Particulate organic matter; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECHINODERM; FECAL PELLET; FOOD INTAKE; MACROALGA; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ALARIA ESCULENTA; ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA LONGICRURIS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; ULVARIA OBSCURA;

EID: 11844281536     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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