Resource limitation in marine soft sediments - Differential effects of food and space in the association between the brittle-star Amphiura filiformis and the bivalve Mysella bidentata?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 297-305

  Josefson, Alf B ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amphiura filiformis; Chlorophyll; Macrobenthos; Pelagic benthic coupling; Resource limitation; Skagerrak Kattegat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIMITING FACTOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; AMPHIURA; AMPHIURA FILIFORMIS; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYSELLA; MYSELLA BIDENTATA; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 7844234746     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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