Contribution of planktonic and benthic food sources to the diet of the reef-forming vermetid gastropod Dendropoma petraeum in the western Mediterranean

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 262-267

  Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a   Colombo, Francesca ^a   Costa, Valentina ^a,b   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food habit; Intertidal; Mixing model; Stable isotopes; Vermetidae; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

DIET; EPILITHON; GASTROPOD; MACROALGA; MIXING RATIO; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; REEF; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SICILY;

DENDROPOMA PETRAEUM; GASTROPODA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 84655162770     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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