Interspecific and intraspecific variation of δ13C and δ15N in deposit- and suspension-feeding bivalves (Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule): Evidence of ontogenetic changes in feeding mode of Macoma balthica

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Rossi, F ^a   Herman, P M J ^a   Middelburg, J J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTER FEEDER; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CARDIIDAE; CERASTODERMA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; MACOMA; MACOMA BALTHICA; TELLINIDAE;

EID: 2142732472     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.2.0408     Document Type: Article

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