A stable isotope approach to the eastern Weddell Sea trophic web: Focus on benthic amphipods

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 280-287

  Nyssen, Fabienne ^a,b   Brey, Thomas ^c   Lepoint, Gilles ^b   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^b   De Broyer, Claude ^a   Dauby, Patrick ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

WEDDELL SEA;

AMPHIPODA; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0036926711     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-001-0340-0     Document Type: Article

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