Nutrition and food limitation of deposit-feeders. II. Differential effects of Hydrobia totteni and Ilyanassa obsoleta on the microbial community

Authors

Thomas S. Bianchi, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A.
Jeffrey S. Levinton, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A.

Abstract

We examined the effects of the mud snails Hydrobia totteni and Ilyanassa obsoleta on microbial communities of sediments in microcosms. Varying density of Hydrobia, and the presence of Ilyanassa, exerted no effect on steady state bacterial standing stock. This is probably related to the rapid recovery rate of bacteria, despite efficient grazing....

Recommended Citation

Bianchi, Thomas S., and Jeffrey S. Levinton. 1981. "Nutrition and food limitation of deposit-feeders. II. Differential effects of Hydrobia totteni and Ilyanassa obsoleta on the microbial community." Journal of Marine Research 39, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1558