Food sources used by sediment meiofauna in an intertidal Zostera noltii seagrass bed: A seasonal stable isotope study

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1537-1550

  Lebreton, Benoit ^a   Richard, Pierre ^a   Galois, Robert ^a   Radenac, Gilles ^a   Brahmia, Amel ^a   Colli, Géraldine ^a   Grouazel, Marig ^a   André, Cyril ^a   Guillou, Gaël ^a   Blanchard, Gérard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEIOFAUNA; MICROALGA; NEMATODE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

COPEPODA; NEMATODA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84862681210     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-1940-7     Document Type: Article

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