Kelp as a trophic resource for marine suspension feeders: A review of isotope-based evidence

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1391-1402

  Miller, Robert J ^a   Page, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DETRITUS; FILTER FEEDER; KELP FOREST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMINARIALES;

EID: 84862651242     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1929-2     Document Type: Review

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