Linking feeding activity and sediment reworking in the deposit-feeding bivalve Abra ovata with image analysis, laser telemetry, and luminophore tracers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 351, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-150

  Maire, Olivier ^a   Duchêne, Jean Claude ^a   Bigot, Lionel ^b   Grémare, Antoine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Abra ovata; Activity; Biodiffusion; Image analysis; Laser telemetry; Luminophores; Micro topography; Sediment reworking

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIVALVE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FEEDING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; REWORKING; TELEMETRY; TRACER; VERTICAL MIXING;

ABRA OVATA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 38349014379     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07147     Document Type: Article

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