Diets of Antarctic sponges: Links between the pelagic microbial loop and benthic metazoan food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 351, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-89

  Thurber, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bentho pelagic coupling; Delta(13)C; Delta(15)N; Fatty acid analysis; Porifera; Sponge diet; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FILTER FEEDING; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; MICROBIAL LOOP; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SPONGE; SYMBIONT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO STATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMAXINELLA BALFOURENSIS; ISODICTYA; KIRKPATRICKIA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; SPHAEROTYLUS ANTARCTICUS;

EID: 38349016563     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07122     Document Type: Article

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