Spatial shifts in food sources for macrozoobenthos in an estuarine ecosystem: Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 316-322

  Doi, Hideyuki ^a   Matsumasa, Masatoshi ^b   Toya, Terumasa ^a   Satoh, Nobuya ^c   Mizota, Chitoshi ^c   Maki, Yonosuke ^c   Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Deposit feeders; Feeding habits; Gastropod; Ocypodid crabs; Polychaetes; Sediment organic matter

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GASTROPODA; OCYPODIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 21744456556     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.02.028     Document Type: Article

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