Growth rates of interface-feeding polychaetes: Combined effects of flow speed and suspended food concentration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 119-129

  Hentschel, Brian T ^a   Larson, Amy A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Deposit feeding; Flume; Growth rate; Polychaete; Polydora; Spionid; Streblospio; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOW VELOCITY; GROWTH RATE; POLYCHAETE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA; POLYDORA CORNUTA; SPIONIDA; STREBLOSPIO; STREBLOSPIO BENEDICTI;

EID: 21244479408     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293119     Document Type: Article

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