Utilization of terrestrial organic matter by the bivalve Corbicula japonica estimated from stable isotope analysis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Kasai, Akihide ^a   Nakata, Akiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Corbicula japonica; Ecosystem; Food source; Particulate organic matter; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 14744289764     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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