Stable isotopes as trophic tracers: Combining field sampling and manipulative labelling of food resources for macrobenthos

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 204, Issue , 2000, Pages 79-92

  Herman, P M J ^a   Middelburg, J J ^a   Widdows, J ^a   Lucas, C H ^a   Heip, C H R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deposit feeding; Food web; Microphytobenthos; Suspension feeding; Westerscheldeflume

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROBENTHOS; PHYTOBENTHOS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0034609879     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps204079     Document Type: Article

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