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Herbivory and detritivory among gammaridean amphipods from a Florida seagrass community

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Date Issued:
1979
Title: Herbivory and detritivory among gammaridean amphipods from a Florida seagrass community.
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Name(s): Zimmerman, R., creator
Gibson, R. A., creator
Harrington, J., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Extent: 8 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3176695 (digitool), FADT3176695 (IID), fau:5850 (fedora), 10.1007/BF00387050 (doi)
Note(s): The gammaridean amphipods Cymadusa compta (Smith), Gammarus mucronatus Say, Melita nitida Smith and Grandidierella bonnieroides Stephensen from a seagrass community in the Indian River estuary of Florida (USA) fed variously upon large drift algae, small algae epiphytic on seagrasses and seagrass leaf debris and detritus. Consumption was measured in the laboratory using an index (CI) equivalent to mg.
This manuscript is an author version with the final publicationavailable at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Zimmerman, R., Gibson, R., &Harrington, J. (1979). Herbivory and detritivory among gammaridean amphipods from a Floridaseagrass community. Marine Biology, 54(1), 41-47. doi:10.1007/BF00387050
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #102.
Subject(s): Amphipoda
Amphipods
Detritus
Amphipoda--Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3176695
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00387050
Restrictions on Access: ©1979 Springer-Verlag
Host Institution: FAU