Relationship between benthic foraminifera and food resources in South San Francisco Bay, California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 297, Issue , 2005, Pages 131-145

  Lesen, Amy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRATT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Estuarine ecology; Food webs; Foraminifera; Marine protists; Meiofauna; Organic matter; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTIST; SEASONALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; FURSENKOINA PONTONI; PROTISTA;

EID: 24044500325     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps297131     Document Type: Article

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