Seasonal grazing and food preference of herbivores in a Posidonia oceanica meadow

Seasonal grazing of the fish Sarpa salpa (L.), the urchin Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck and the isopods Idotea spp. was compared with the C/N ratio of adult and intermediate leaves and epiphytes of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile, collected at three different depths. Despite seasonal differences in g...

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Main Authors: Andrea Peirano, Ilaria Niccolai, Roberto Mauro, C. Nike Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2001-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/668