Stable isotopes and trophic positions of littoral fishes from a Mediterranean marine protected area

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-25

  Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food web; Protection effects; Spatial variability; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BENTHIVORY; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTIVORY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AEGADIAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 58149165320     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9381-3     Document Type: Article

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