Temporal variability of a benthic food web: Patterns and processes in a low-diversity system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 378, Issue , 2009, Pages 13-26

  Nordström, Marie ^a   Aarnio, Katri ^a   Bonsdorff, Erik ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Benthic macrofauna; Epibenthic predators; Functional diversity; Soft substrate; Stable isotopes; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CRANGON CRANGON; PISCES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 63649117132     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07872     Document Type: Article

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