Stable isotopes and gut analyses to determine feeding relationships in saltmarsh macroconsumers

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-611

  Creach V ^a   Schricke, M T ^a   Bertru, G ^a   Mariotti, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

food webs; gut analyses; macro invertebrates; salt marsh; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSIT FEEDING; DETRITIVORY; FOOD WEBS; GUT CONTENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH;

AMPHIPODA; COROPHIUM VULUTATOR; GASTROPODA; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; ORCHESTIA GAMMARELLUS; OVATELLA BIDENTATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0031128677     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0147     Document Type: Article

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