Sand Banks Contribute to the Production of Coastal Waters by Making a Habitat for Benthic Microalgae in the Sublittoral Zone: Food Web Analyses in Aki-Nada Using Stable Isotopes

Plankton and Benthos Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Yoshino, Kenji ^a   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a   Kawamura, Yuji ^a   Kato, Motomi Genkai ^a   Okuda, Noboru ^a   Hayami, Yuichi ^a   Ito, Sayaka ^a   Kofukumori, Kayo ^a   Sekiguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Ohnish, Hidejiro ^a   Ohmori, Koji ^a   Takeoka, Hidetaka ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

benthic microalgae; food web; sand bank; stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURAN; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34447318917     PISSN: 18808247     EISSN: 1882627x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.1.155     Document Type: Article

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