Food and habitat choice in floating seaweed clumps: The obligate opportunistic nature of the associated macrofauna

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1499-1507

  Vandendriessche, Sofie ^a   De Keersmaecker, Gina ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Degraer, Steven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNA; FOOD; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; SEAWEED;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS CRINICORNIS; IDOTEA BALTICA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM; ULVA;

EID: 33748414339     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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