Gut Contents as Direct Indicators for Trophic Relationships in the Cambrian Marine Ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Vannier, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAMBRIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OTTOIA PROLIFICA; POLYCHAETA; PRIAPULIDA; SEDIMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INVERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; HYOLITHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OTTOIA; POLYCHAETA; PRIAPULIDA;

EID: 84871868912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052200     Document Type: Article

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