Effects of a blue mussel Mytilus edulis bed on vertical distribution and composition of the pelagic food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 339, Issue , 2007, Pages 185-198

  Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^a   Maar, Marie ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Bolding and Burchard ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bentho pelagic coupling; Mytilus edulis; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; PHYTOPLANKTON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; COPEPODA; MYTILUS EDULIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34347380305     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps339185     Document Type: Article

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