δ15N and δ13C elucidation of size-structured food webs in a Western Arabian Sea demersal trawl assemblage

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 353, Issue , 2008, Pages 55-63

  Al Habsi, S H ^a,b   Sweeting, C J ^c   Polunin, N V C ^a   Graham, N A J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community structure; Food chain; Fractionation; Predation; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIPID; NICHE OVERLAP; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATION; RESOURCE USE; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 39349095872     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07167     Document Type: Article

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