Trophodynamics in a shallow lagoon off northwestern Europe (Culbin Sands, Moray Firth): Spatial and temporal variability of epibenthic communities, their diets, and consumption efficiency

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-214

  Mendonça, Vanda Mariyam ^a,d   Raffaelli, David George ^b   Boyle, Peter R ^c   Emes, Chas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Consumption efficiency; Culbin Sands; Epibenthic predators; Moray firth; Relative importance of prey

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTES TOBIANUS; AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BATHYPOREIA PILOSA; BIVALVIA; CALANOIDA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; CRANGON CRANGON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETEONE LONGA; EURYDICE PULCHRA; FABRICIA SABELLA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS SP.; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; GOBIIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; MYSIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLYCHAETA; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS; POMATOSCHISTUS MINUTUS; PRAUNUS FLEXUOSUS; PYGOSPIO ELEGANS; SPINACHIA SPINACHIA; TELEOSTEI; TUBIFICOIDES;

EID: 72549083758     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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