Feeding habits of amphipods (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from shallow soft bottom communities: Comparison between marine caves and open habitats

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Navarro Barranco, Carlos ^a,c   Tierno de Figueroa, José Manuel ^b,c   Guerra García, José Manuel ^a,c   Sánchez Tocino, Luis ^b   García Gómez, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Jun Zoological Research Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Feeding Habits; Gut Contents; Marine Caves; Soft bottom; Trophic Dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARNIVORE; CAVE; DETRITIVORY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; HERBIVORY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OMNIVORY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA;

EID: 84873603714     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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