Diet of four species of deep-sea isopods (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) in the South Atlantic and the Southern Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-187

  Brökeland, Wiebke ^a   Guomundsson, Guomundur ^b   Svavarsson, Jörundur ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; CALCIFICATION; DEEP SEA; DETRITUS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INGESTION RATE; ISOPOD; MUCUS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTODETRITUS; PROTOZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ACANTHOCOPE GALATHEAE; BETAMORPHA FUSIFORMIS; CRUSTACEA; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLONISCIDAE; HAPLONISCUS UNICORNIS; ISOPODA; MALACOSTRACA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 73049111304     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1308-9     Document Type: Article

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