Nutrient acquisition in four mediterranean gorgonian species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 473, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-188

  Cocito, Silvia ^a   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^b   Cupido, Roberta ^a   Rottier, Cecile ^b   Meier Augenstein, Wolfram ^c   Kemp, Helen ^c   Reynaud, Stephanie ^b   Peirano, Andrea ^a  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^b CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Isotope; Spicule; Symbiosis; Temperate gorgonian

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SKELETON; SYMBIOSIS; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

DINOPHYCEAE; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; EUNICELLA VERRUCOSA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; LEPTOGORGIA SARMENTOSA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA;

EID: 84872713479     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10037     Document Type: Article

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