Trophic coupling between two adjacent benthic food webs within a man-made intertidal area: A stable isotopes evidence

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-534

  Schaal, Gauthier ^a,b   Riera, Pascal ^a,b   Leroux, Cédric ^b,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Arcachon Bay; artificial habitats; food web; intertidal; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COUPLING; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40949117165     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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