Benthic trophic network in the Bay of Banyuls-sur-Mer (northwest Mediterranean, France): An assessment based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Carlier, Antoine ^a   Riera, Pascal ^b   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^a   Bodiou, Jean Yves ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

benthos; carbon isotopes; food source; food webs; nitrogen isotopes; northwestern Mediterranean Sea; trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BAY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSIT FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOBENTHOS;

BANYULS SUR MER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); PYRENEES-ORIENTALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOOPS BOOPS; CYNOMORIUM; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SPICARA; VERETILLUM;

EID: 33847025650     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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