Trophic relationships within intertidal communities of the Brittany Coasts: A stable carbon isotope analysis

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1202-1212

  Dauby, Patrick ^a   Khomsi, Abedelhamid ^a   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon; Food web; Intertidal zone; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031741012     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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