Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of Nephrops norvegicus / Merluccius merluccius fishing grounds in the Bay of Biscay (Northeast Atlantic)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-132

  Le Loc'h, François ^a   Hily, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GADOID; LOBSTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; GRANDE VASIERE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 20644467980     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-242     Document Type: Article

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