Coral cavity sponges depend on reef-derived food resources: Stable isotope and fatty acid constraints

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1653-1666

  van Duyl, Fleur C ^a   Moodley, Leon ^b   Nieuwland, Gerard ^a   van Ijzerloo, Lennart ^b   van Soest, Rob W M ^e   Houtekamer, Marco ^b   Meesters, Erik H ^d   Middelburg, Jack J ^b,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BENTHOS; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; CORAL REEF; DIET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MUCUS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPONGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CURACAO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS;

EID: 79959308215     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1681-z     Document Type: Article

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