Feeding preferences of the sandhopper Orchestoidea tuberculata: The importance of algal traits

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-303

  Duarte, C ^a   Navarro, J M ^a   Acuna K ^a   Gomez I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Algae; Amphipod; Feeding preference; Food quality; Performance; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ALGAL SPECIES; AMPHIPOD SPECIES; ANTARCTICA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD RESOURCES; LIFE HISTORY; MACRO-ALGAE; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; SANDY BEACH; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

ABSORPTION; ALGAE; BEACHES; CARBOHYDRATES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NUTRITION;

FEEDING;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ALGA; AMPHIPOD; BEACH; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REARING; SEAWEED; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TANNIN;

CHILE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; DURVILLAEA ANTARCTICA; LESSONIA NIGRESCENS; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; ORCHESTOIDEA TUBERCULATA; TALITRIDAE;

EID: 77953871638     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0309-5     Document Type: Article

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