Stable isotope composition of the serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus as environmental proxy

Autori i afilijacije

• Sonja Lojen ožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Marijana Cukrov Croatian Biospeleological Society, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Neven Cukrov Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for marine and environmental research, Bijenička 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Stable isotope composition of soft tissues and carbonate tubes of the serpulids F. enigmaticus and M. cavatica were used to estimate their food sources. Comparison of isotope fingerprints of adjacent estuarine and anchialine cave serpulids showed that they consume predominantly particulate organic matter of terrestrial origin.

Ključne riječi

serpulid; carbon; oxygen; nitrogen; stable isotope

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