A seasonal survey of the food web in the Lapalme Lagoon (northwestern Mediterranean) assessed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 299-315

  Carlier, Antoine ^a   Riera, Pascal ^b   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^a   Bodiou, Jean Yves ^a   Escoubeyrou, Karine ^a   Desmalades, Martin ^a   Caparros, Jocelyne ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; coastal lagoons; food sources; food webs; northwestern Mediterranean; spatio temporal changes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL LAGOON; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; VOLATILIZATION;

AUDE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LAPALME LAGOON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248167202     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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