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Energy Values of Marine Benthic Invertebrates from the Western English Channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Jean-Claude Dauvin  and
Michelle Joncourt
Jean-Claude Dauvin
Affiliation:
Station Biologique, CNRS UPR 4601 &Université P. et M. Curie(Paris VI), 29211 Roscoff, France
Michelle Joncourt
Affiliation:
Station Biologique, CNRS UPR 4601 &Université P. et M. Curie(Paris VI), 29211 Roscoff, France
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Energy values of many cold-water marine invertebrates are available (see Wacasey & Atkinson, 1987 and Brey et al, 1988), but energy values of temperate-water marine invertebrates have not been systematically investigated. In an attempt to determine the energy content of the macrobenthic communities from the bay of Morlaix (western English Channel), the caloric values in a large number of species living in these communities has been measured. This paper is presented as a contribution to the knowledge of the energy content of macrobenthic invertebrates from a temperate sea.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 589 - 595
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1989

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