An insight into the feeding ecology of deep-sea canyon nematodes - Results from field observations and the first in-situ 13C feeding experiment in the Nazaré Canyon

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-193

  Ingels, Jeroen ^a   Billett, David S M ^b   Van Gaever, Saskia ^a   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea; In situ; Meiofauna; Pulse chase experiment; Stable isotopes; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; DIET; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIELD METHOD; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROGRAPHY; LIGHT EFFECT; MEIOFAUNA; NEMATODE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAZARE CANYON;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 78650175914     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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