Selection by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, for sands with relatively high organic content

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1512-1520

  Ramey, Patricia A ^a   Bodnar, Erica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FIELD METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PATCHINESS; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POLYCHAETA; POLYGORDIUS;

EID: 47349122142     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.4.1512     Document Type: Article

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