Detritus and Epibiota on Artificial Substrata: The Possible Role of Food in Structuring Hawaiian Epiphytal Amphipod Communities
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Review of Hydrobiology
- Vol. 73 (3) , 319-325
- https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19880730307
Abstract
Epiphytal amphipods prefer artificial substrata (bottle brushes) which accumulated epibiotic coatings while submerged in the sea for a period of up to 15 days. There is evidence that these amphipods eat epibiota on algae (predominately Padina japonica YAMADEA 1931 and Dictyota crenulata AGARDH 1847) and that food availability may be a factor which helps structure epiphytal amphipod communities.Keywords
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