Seagrass as the main food source of Neaxius acanthus (Thalassinidea: Strahlaxiidae), its burrow associates, and of Corallianassa coutierei (Thalassinidea: Callianassidae)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-630

  Kneer, Dominik ^a   Asmus, Harald ^a   Vonk, Jan Arie ^b  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

behaviour; burrowing shrimps; commensalism; feeding; stable isotopes; tropical seagrasses

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BURROW; COMMENSALISM; CRUSTACEAN; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; BONE BATANG; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTH SULAWESI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPERMONDE ARCHIPELAGO;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROLETHOPS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CORALLIANASSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAMMARIDEA; NEAXIUS ACANTHUS; PALAEMONIDAE; POLYCHAETA; STRAHLAXIIDAE; THALASSINIDAE; THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 50449099695     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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