Mapping trophic continua of benthic foodwebs: Body size-δ15N relationships

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 301-306

  France, Robert ^a   Chandler, Mark ^b   Peters, Robert ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic foodwebs; Body size 15N; Trophic continua

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; MODEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032570002     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174301     Document Type: Article

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