Importance of phytodetritus and microphyto benthos for heterotrophs in a shallow subtidal sandy sediment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 455, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-31

  Evrard, Victor ^a,d   Huettel, Markus ^b,e   Cook, Perran L M ^b,d   Soetaert, Karline ^a   Heip, Carlo H R ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

^{13< sup>C; Bacteria; Benthic microalgae; Food web; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Phytoplankton; Stable isotopes}

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MICROALGA; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT CORE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA;

EID: 84861879384     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09676     Document Type: Article

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