Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): A pigment biomarker approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 103-110

  Howell, Kerry L ^a   Billett, David S M ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^a   Davidson, Russell ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteroidea; Deep sea; Diet; HPLC; Pigments; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DIET; ECHINODERM; FEEDING ECOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PIGMENT;

ALGAE; ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECHINODERMATA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HYPHALASTER INERMIS; INVERTEBRATA; STYRACASTER CHUNI;

EID: 1342332623     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266103     Document Type: Article

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