Stable isotopes document the trophic structure of a deep-sea cephalopod assemblage including giant octopod and giant squid

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-367

  Cherel, Y ^a   Ridoux, V ^b   Spitz, J ^b   Richard, P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Marine predator; North Atlantic; Pelagic ecosystem; Sperm whale; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BODY SIZE; CEPHALOPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP SEA; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WHALE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; DEEP SEA SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM WHALE; SQUID; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ARCHITEUTHIS DUX; CEPHALOPODA; HALIPHRON ATLANTICUS; HISTIOTEUTHIS ARCTURI; LEPIDOTEUTHIS GRIMALDII; OCTOPODA; PHYSETERIDAE; TANINGIA DANAE; TODARODES SAGITTATUS; VAMPYROTEUTHIS INFERNALIS;

EID: 67649114564     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0024     Document Type: Article

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