Contributions of stable-isotope data to elucidating food webs of Mediterranean rocky littoral fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-409

  Pinnegar, John K ^a   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corsica; Gut contents; Stable carbon isotope ratio; Stable nitrogen isotope ratio; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BAY OF CALVI; CORSICA; FRANCE;

SARPA SALPA;

EID: 0034018127     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050046     Document Type: Article

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