Effects of oyster farming on macrofaunal assemblages associated with Lanice conchilega tubeworm populations: A trophic analysis using natural stable isotopes

Aquaculture

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 336-349

  Dubois, Stanislas ^a   Marin Léal, Julio César ^a   Ropert, Michel ^b   Lefebvre, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

13C and 15N; Diversity; English Channel; Feeding guilds; Polychaetes; Shellfish farming; Trophic pathway

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OYSTER CULTURE; POLYCHAETE; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LANICE CONCHILEGA; LUMBRINERIS TETRAURA; NEPHTYS HOMBERGII; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 34548282986     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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