The use of lipid markers to define sources of organic matter in sediment and food web of the intertidal salt-marsh-flat ecosystem of Mont-Saint-Michel bay, France

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-58

  Meziane, Tank ^a   Bodineau, Laurent ^b   Retiere, Christian ^a   Thoumelin, Guy ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Fatty acids; Food web; Intertidal flat; Organic matter; Salt marsh; Sterols

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMARKER; FOOD WEB; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

FRANCE, NORMADY, MONT-SAINT-MICHEL BAY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRISTIA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; NEREIS;

EID: 0031415701     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(97)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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