Evidence of dietary feedback in a facultative association between deep-sea gastropods and sea anemones

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-215

  Mercier, Annie ^a   Schofield, Meredith ^a   Hamel, Jean François ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Portugal Cove St Philips   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allantactis; Diet; Epibiosis; Feeding; Lipids; Symbiosis; Whelks

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEEP SEA; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; EPIBIOSIS; EXPLOITATION; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MACROBENTHOS; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ACTINIARIA; ALLANTACTIS; ALLANTACTIS PARASITICA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650175783     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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