Antarctic macro-zoobenthic communities: A review and an ecological classification

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-182

  Gutt, Julian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deposit feeder; Match; Mismatch; Near bottom current; Sediment; Suspension feeder; Trophic limitation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMENSALISM; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ONTOGENY; PHYTODETRITUS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 34249064851     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000247     Document Type: Review

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