A 14 C-Tracer Investigation of Possible Trophic Associations between Meiofauna, Macrofauna, and Microflora in a Georgia Salt Marsh of Sapelo Island

Abstract

This paper is the result of a ten week field study done at the University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, Georgia, under the supervision of Dr. Roy Robertson, Department of Ecology and Marine Biology, University of Georgia. Trophic associations between several benthic faunal groups was chosen to be investigated as general relationships have been hypothesized, but many studies concerning this have been limited by inadequate field methods.