Molecular analysis of in situ diets of coral reef copepods: Evidence of terrestrial plant detritus as a food source in Sanya Bay, China

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 363-371

  Hu, Simin ^a,b   Guo, Zhiling ^c   Li, Tao ^a,d   Xu, C ^a,b   Huang, Hui ^d   Liu, Sheng ^a   Lin, Senjie ^e,f  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Copepod; Feeding; Food chain; In situ diet; Molecular technique

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CLONE; COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHINA; HAINAN; SANYA BAY;

ANTHOZOA; BROUSSONETIA; CANTHOCALANUS PAUPER; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; RHIZARIA; SUBEUCALANUS SUBCRASSUS; TEMORA TURBINATA;

EID: 84927161090     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbv014     Document Type: Article

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