Symbiont abundance in thyasirids (Bivalvia) is related to particulate food and sulphide availability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 320, Issue , 2006, Pages 185-194

  Dufour, Suzanne C ^a,b   Felbeck, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Chemoautotrophic symbionts; Feeding; Sulphide; Symbiosis; Thyasiridae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MICROCOSM; MIXOTROPHY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SULFIDE; SYMBIONT;

BIVALVIA; THYASIRA FLEXUOSA; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 33749393320     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps320185     Document Type: Article

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