Stable isotope evidence of long-term changes in the North Sea food web structure

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 368, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-8

  Christensen, Jens Tang ^a   Richardson, Katherine ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food web structure; Harbour porpoise; North Sea; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PORPOISE; SKELETON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 54549100529     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07635     Document Type: Article

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