An analysis of the trophic network of a macrotidal estuary: The Seine Estuary (Eastern Channel, Normandy, France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 775-791

  Rybarczyk, Hervé ^a   Elkaïm, Bernard ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Estuary; Indices; Maturity; Trophic network analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; TROPHIC STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0346186168     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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