Wood-based diet and gut microflora of a galatheid crab associated with pacific deep-sea wood falls

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2421-2439

  Hoyoux, Caroline ^a   Zbinden, Magali ^b   Samadi, Sarah ^c   Gaill, Françoise ^b   Compère, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Université Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; DEEP SEA; DETRITIVORY; DIGESTION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEAFLOOR; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNGI; GALATHEIDAE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 70350354976     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1266-2     Document Type: Article

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