Differential effects of food availability on population growth and fitness of three species of estuarine, bacterial-feeding nematodes

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-40

  dos Santos, G A P ^a,b   Derycke, S ^a   Fonseca Genevois V G ^b   Coelho, L C B B ^b   Correia, M T S ^b   Moens, T ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial feeding nematodes; Bottom up control; Fitness; Food availability; Marine; Population development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLOLAIMELLOIDES; DIPLOLAIMELLOIDES MEYLI; DIPLOLAIMELLOIDES OSCHERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONHYSTERIDAE; NEMATODA; PELLIODITIS MARINA; RHABDITIDAE;

EID: 39049172651     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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