Difference in diet and size-related trophic level in two sympatric fish species, the red mullets Mullus barbatus and Mullus surmuletus, in the Gulf of Lions (north-west Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2402-2420

  Bautista Vega, A A ^a   Letourneur, Y ^a   Harmelin Vivien, M ^a   Salen Picard, C ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Food webs; Mediterranean; Mullidae; River flow; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial inputs

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MULLIDAE; MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS; OPHIURIDA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 57749189565     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02093.x     Document Type: Article

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