Drift algal subsidies to sea urchins in low-productivity habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-157

  Kelly, Jennifer R ^a,b   Krumhansl, Kira A ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detritus; Fatty acids; Kelp beds; Sea urchins; Stable isotopes; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Trophic subsidy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; DIET; DRIFT FEEDING; ECHINODERM; FATTY ACID; KELP FOREST; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACER; TROPHIC STATUS;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 84857325218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09628     Document Type: Article

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