Trophic structure of macrobenthos in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the Scotian Shelf

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 663-697

  Desrosiers, G ^a   Savenkoff, C ^b   Olivier, M ^a   Stora, G ^c   Juniper, K ^d   Caron, A ^a   Gagne J P ^a   Legendre, L ^e   Mulsow, S ^f   Grant, J ^f   Roy, S ^g   Grehan, A ^h   Scaps, P ⁱ   Silverberg, N ^j   Klein, B ^e   Tremblay, J E ^e   Therriault, J C ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIV LILLE   (France)

^j Ctr Interdisciplinario Cie Marinas   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MACROBENTHOS; MARGINAL SEA; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

EID: 0034174515     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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