Oligochaetes as a possible entry route for terrigenous organic carbon into estuarine benthic food webs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 147-157

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Rundle, Simon D ^a   Fraser, Alex ^a   Power, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Detritus; Estuary; Food web; Nitrogen; Oligochaeta; Stable isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ANNELID; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; METAZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 67651089553     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08019     Document Type: Article

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