Fatty acid profiles reveal temporal and spatial differentiation in diets within and among syntopic rocky shore suspension-feeders:

Richoux, Nicole B; Vermeulen, Ilke; Froneman, P William

Title: Fatty acid profiles reveal temporal and spatial differentiation in diets within and among syntopic rocky shore suspension-feeders:
Creator: Richoux, Nicole B
Creator: Vermeulen, Ilke
Creator: Froneman, P William
Date Issued: 2014
Date: 2014
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143346
Identifier: vital:38238
Identifier: doi: 10.3354/meps10581
Description: Regional and temporal variations in the diets of rocky shore suspension-feeders (the volcano barnacle Tetraclita serrata, the brown mussel Perna perna and the reef-building polychaete Gunnarea gaimardi) were assessed using fatty acid profiling. Specimens were collected up-current and down-current of a river mouth in 2 coastal regions ~50 km apart along southeastern South Africa during March and July of 2009. One of the rivers represents a marine-dominated system, and the other a freshwater-dominated system. Our aims were to assess any dietary differences among the 3 suspension-feeders, spatial changes in diet within each species (at regional and local scales—50 and 15 km, respectively), and temporal changes in diet within each species.
Format: 18 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Marine Ecology Progress Series
Relation: Richoux, N.B., Vermeulen, I. and Froneman, P.W., 2014. Fatty acid profiles reveal temporal and spatial differentiation in diets within and among syntopic rocky shore suspension-feeders. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 495, pp.143-160.
Relation: Marine Ecology Progress Series volume 495 number 0 143 160 January 2014 0171-8630
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