Network analysis and inter-ecosystem comparison of two intertidal mudflat food webs (Brouage Mudflat and Aiguillon Cove, SW France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 403-418

  Leguerrier, Delphine ^a   Degré, Delphine ^a,b   Niquil, Nathalie ^a  

^a UMR 6217   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast; ecosystem comparison; food web; intertidal mudflat; inverse analysis; network analysis

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MUDFLAT; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 34547610303     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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