Trophic signatures of marine organisms in the Mediterranean as compared with other ecosystems

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Froese, Rainer ^a   Garthe, Stefan ^b   Piatkowski, Uwe ^a   Pauly, Daniel ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baltic; Black Sea; Caribbean; Food web; Mediterranean; North Sea; South China Sea; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AVES; CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 31944449817     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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