Phytopigments and fatty acids in the gut of the deposit-feeding heart urchin Echinocardium cordatum in the southern North Sea: Selective feeding and its contribution to the benthic carbon budget

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-84

  Boon, Arjen R ^a   Duineveld, Gerard C A ^b  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Chlorophyll a; Echinocardium cordatum; Fatty acids; Optimal foraging; Selective feeding

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CARBON BUDGET; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP SEA; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FATTY ACID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; OPTIMIZATION; PIGMENT; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84555194789     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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