Predation of mudflat meio-macrofaunal metazoans by a calcareous foraminifer, Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Dupuy, Christine ^a   Rossignol, Linda ^b   Geslin, Emmanuelle ^c,d   Pascal, Pierre Yves ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d LEBIM   (France)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; HETEROTROPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOTILITY; MUDFLAT; PREDATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77958476395     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.4.305     Document Type: Article

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