Variations in food utilisation and carbon sequestration by the polychaete Nereis virens under experimental conditions

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 171-178

  Deschenes J ^a,b   Desrosiers, G ^a   Ferron, J ^c   Cloutier, R ^c   Stora, G ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Carbon sequestration; Feeding strategy; Food utilization; Ingestion; Nereis virens; Seasonal variations; Storage

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FEEDING; POLYCHAETE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALGAE; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1842832845     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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