Use of benthic vs planktonic organic matter by sandy-beach organisms: A food tracing experiment with 13C labelled diatoms

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Maria, Tatiana F ^a,b   De Troch, Marleen ^a   Vanaverbeke, Jan ^a   Esteves, André M ^b   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic food webs; Ecosystem functioning; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEACH; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; LABORATORY METHOD; MEIOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80052432051     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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