Stable nitrogen isotope studies of the pelagic food web on the Atlantic shelf of the Iberian Peninsula

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 115-131

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Alvarez Ossorio, M Teresa ^a   Cunha, M Emilia ^b   Garrido, Susana ^b   Peleteiro, J Benito ^c   Porteiro, Carmela ^c   Valdés, Luis ^d   Varela, Manuel ^a  

^a Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish; Food web; NE Atlantic; Nitrogen; Pelagic; Plankton; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FISH; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

COPEPOD SPECIES; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; PELAGIC FOOD WEB; PLANKTIVOROUS CONSUMERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY SIZE; CLUPEOID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOLPHIN; FOOD WEB; FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PLANKTIVORE; PLANKTIVORY; PLANKTON; PREY SIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE; COPEPODA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 34547608262     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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