Sediment features, macrozoobenthic assemblages and trophic relationships (δ13C and δ15N analysis) following a dystrophic event with anoxia and sulphide development in the Santa Giusta lagoon (western Sardinia, Italy)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 1-5, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Magni, P ^a,c   Rajagopal, S ^b   van der Velde, G ^b,d   Fenzi, G ^c   Kassenberg, J ^b   Vizzini, S ^e   Mazzola, A ^e   Giordani, G ^f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c International Marine Centre   (Italy)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulphides (AVS); Coastal lagoons; Food webs; Macrofauna; Pollution impact; Stable isotopes; Total organic carbon (TOC)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACID VOLATILE SULPHIDES (AVS); COASTAL LAGOONS; POLLUTION IMPACT;

SEDIMENTS;

CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE;

ANOXIA; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL LAGOON; FOOD WEB; INSECT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYCHAETE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANGIOSPERM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CARNIVORE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONSUMER; DEPOSIT FEEDER; DETRITIVORE; DYSTROPHY; FILTER FEEDER; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LAGOON; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCHAETA; PREDATOR; SEDIMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; ORISTANO; SANTA GIUSTA LAGOON; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CHIRONOMIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 45049085837     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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