Density, vertical distribution and trophic responses of metazoan meiobenthos to phytoplankton deposition in contrasting sediment types

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 51-62

  Franco, M A ^a,c   Soetaert, K ^b   Van Oevelen, D ^b   Van Gansbeke, D ^a   Costa, M J ^c   Vincx, M ^a   Vanaverbeke, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Meiobenthos; North Sea; Phytoplankton bloom; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; COPEPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; RICHTERSIA; SABATIERIA;

EID: 44249104487     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07361     Document Type: Article

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