Dietary analysis of small planktonic consumers: A case study with marine bivalve larvae

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 866-876

  Maloy, Aaron P ^a,b   Culloty, Sarah C ^a   Slater, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; bivalve; diet analysis; food web; larvae; trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BROWN ALGA; DIATOM; DIET; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GREEN ALGA; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOMBINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84880339938     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt027     Document Type: Article

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