Use of PCR-DGGE to investigate the trophic ecology of marine suspension feeding bivalves

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 381, Issue , 2009, Pages 109-118

  Maloy, Aaron P ^a,b   Culloty, Sarah C ^a   Slater, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bivalve; DGGE; Dietary biomarker; Suspension feeding; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ELECTROKINESIS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NICHE OVERLAP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MIMACHLAMYS VARIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 65549171791     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07959     Document Type: Article

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