Fatty acid profiles indicate the habitat of mud snails Hydrobia ulvae within the same estuary: Mudflats vs. seagrass meadows

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Coelho, Helena ^a   Lopes da Silva, Teresa ^b   Reis, Alberto ^b   Queiroga, Henrique ^a   Serôdio, João ^a   Calado, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Fatty acids; Hydrobia ulvae; Microphytobenthos; Mudflat; Seagrass meadow; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; DIET; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; GRAZING; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MUDFLAT; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SNAIL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84866532714     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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