Determination of food sources for benthic invertebrates in a salt marsh (Aiguillon Bay, France) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: Importance of locally produced sources

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 187, Issue , 1999, Pages 301-307

  Riera, P ^a,b   Stal, L J ^a   Nieuwenhuize, J ^a   Richard, P ^c   Blanchard, G ^c,d   Gentil, F ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Benthic invertebrates; Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios; Muddy salt marsh; Spartina anglica

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

AIGUILLON BAY; FRANCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CARCINUS MAENAS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SPATRINA;

EID: 0033554572     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps187301     Document Type: Article

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