Trophic diversity within the planktonic food web of the Elbe Estuary determined on isolated individual species by 13C analysis

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1039-1048

  Kerner, M ^a   Ertl, S ^a   Spitzy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; SUBSTRATE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 4644363510     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh094     Document Type: Article

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