Food web structure of two Mediterranean lagoons under varying degree of eutrophication

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-275

  Carlier, Antoine ^a   Riera, Pascal ^b   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^a   Bodiou, Jean Yves ^a   Desmalades, Martin ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Food web; Lagoon; Northwestern Mediterranean; Trophic levels; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD WEB; LAGOON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER EXCHANGE;

AUDE; CANET LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; LAPALME LAGOON; PYRENEES ORIENTALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56649115859     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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