Polychaete response to fresh food supply at organically enriched coastal sites: Repercussion on bioturbation potential and trophic structure

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-541

  Venturini, N ^a,b   Pires Vanin, A M S ^a   Salhi, M ^b   Bessonart, M ^b   Muniz, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bioturbation categories; Brazil; Fatty acids; Labile organic matter; Polychaetes; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BIOTURBATION; BRAZIL; LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETES; TROPHIC GROUP;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTURBATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 80051865557     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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