Feeding selectivities and food niche separation of Acartia clausi, Penilia avirostris (Crustacea) and Doliolum denticulatum (Thaliacea) in Blanes Bay (Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 589-603

  Katechakis, Alexis ^a   Stibor, Herwig ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^b   Hansen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CLEARANCE RATE; COEXISTENCE; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; NICHE PARTITIONING;

BLANES BAY; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA CLAUSII; ALGAE; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DOLIOLIDA; DOLIOLUM; DOLIOLUM DENTICULATUM; INVERTEBRATA; PENILIA AVIROSTRIS; THALIACEA;

EID: 2942729867     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh062     Document Type: Article

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