Food web of a SW Atlantic shallow coastal lagoon: Spatial environmental variability does not impose substantial changes in the trophic structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 362, Issue , 2008, Pages 69-83

  Rodríguez Graña, Laura ^a,d   Calliari, Danilo ^a,d   Conde, Daniel ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^b,c   Urrutia, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic coupling; Coastal lagoon; Estuaries; Food web structure; Isotopic mixing models

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STATUS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

HOPLIAS MALABARICUS; INVERTEBRATA; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; NEOMYSIS AMERICANA; NEPHTYS FLUVIATILIS; PARALICHTHYS; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47949121227     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07401     Document Type: Article

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