Community structure and feeding preference of nematodes associated with methane seepage at the Darwin mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 438, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-83

  Pape, Ellen ^a   Bezerra, Tania Nara ^a   Vanneste, Heleen ^b   Heeschen, Katja ^b   Moodley, Leon ^c   Leroux, Frederic ^d   Van Breugel, Peter ^c   Vanreusel, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cold seep; Diet; Diversity; Nematode; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; FOOD SELECTION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; NEMATODE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

NEMATODA; SABATIERIA;

EID: 80053610199     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09278     Document Type: Article

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