Isotopic evidence for zooplankton as an important food source for the mysid Paramysis lacustris in the Curonian Lagoon, the South-Eastern Baltic Sea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Lesutiene, Jurate ^a   Gorokhova, Elena ^b   Gasiunaite, Zita R ^a   Razinkovas, Arturas ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Curonian Lagoon; cyanobacteria; Lithuania; nitrogen isotopes; South Eastern Baltic Sea; trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; CURONIAN LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA; MYSIDA; PARAMYSIS LACUSTRIS;

EID: 34247631100     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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