Linking size-based and trophic analyses of benthic community structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 226, Issue , 2002, Pages 77-85

  Jennings, Simon ^a   Pinnegar, John K ^a   Polunin, Nicholas V C ^a   Warr, Karema J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Food web; Phylogeny; Size spectra; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; SIZE STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037204164     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps226077     Document Type: Article

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