Food, feeding and growth rates of peracarid macro-decomposers in a Ria Formosa salt marsh, southern Portugal

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-94

  Dias, Natália ^a,b   Hassall, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Consumption rates; Food preferences; Gut contents; Isopod; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECUNDITY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE USE; SALTMARSH; STOMACH CONTENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 27644452543     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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