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Detritus and Epibiota on Artificial Substrata: The Possible Role of Food in Structuring Hawaiian Epiphytal Amphipod Communities
✍ Scribed by Dr. Anthony R. Russo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 509 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-2944
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✦ Synopsis
I4:piphj-tiil nmpliipods prefer artificial substrata (bottle brttslies) n-hicli accumulated epihiotic roatings while sitbrnerged in tlie sea for a period of ~i p to 15 days. re is crideiice that these amphipods eat epibiota on algae (predominately Padinti juponica ADE.1 lg:31 alld L)iCtZJOtrl crenultrtn -~G A R U H 1847) and that food arailability may be a factor n-hicli helps striictiire epiphyttil amphipod coiiimiinities.