Blue mats: Faunal composition and food web structure in colonial ciliate (Folliculinopsis sp.) mats at northeast Pacific hydrothermal vents

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 412, Issue , 2010, Pages 93-101

  Kouris, Angela ^a,b   Limén, Helene ^a,c   Stevens, Catherine J ^a,e   Juniper, S Kim ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Swedish Parliament   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Folliculinid; Food web; Hydrothermal vents; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CILIATE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; JUVENILE; LIPID; MACROBENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; OXIDATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMPHIASCUS; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; FOLLICULINIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 77955967954     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08675     Document Type: Article

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