Feeding ecology of the sand smelt Atherina boyeri (Risso 1810) (Osteichthyes, Atherinidae) in the western Mediterranean: Evidence for spatial variability based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-266

  Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherinidae; Coastal environment; Food web; Spatial variability; Stable isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ATHERINA BOYERI; ATHERINA HEPSETUS; ATHERINIDAE; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 17744366243     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-2586-1     Document Type: Article

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