Feeding ecology of benthic filter-feeders at Potter Cove, an Antarctic coastal ecosystem

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Tatián, Marcos ^a,b   Sahade, Ricardo ^a,b   Mercuri, Guillermo ^c   Fuentes, Verónica L ^b,d   Antacli, Julieta C ^a   Stellfeldt, Alexia ^a   Esnal, Graciela B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

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

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Assimilation; Cnemidocarpa verrucosa; Coupling; Filter feeder; Laternula elliptica; Particle flux; Pyura setosa

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BIVALVIA; CNEMIDOCARPA VERRUCOSA; LATERNULA ELLIPTICA; PYURA SETOSA;

EID: 38849162244     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0379-7     Document Type: Article

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