Uptake of sedimentary organic matter by the deposit-feeding Baltic amphipods Monoporeia affinis and Pontoporeia femorata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 135-143

  Byrén, Lars ^a   Ejdung, Gunilla ^a   Elmgren, Ragnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C; 14C; 15N; Amphipods; Baltic Sea; Deposit feeding; Food quality; Monoporeia affinis; Pontoporeia femorata

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

AMPHIPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; MONOPOREIA AFFINIS; PONTOPOREIA FEMORATA;

EID: 33745686064     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313135     Document Type: Article

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