Trophic relationships of zooplankton in the eastern Mediterranean based on stable isotope measurements

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-686

  Koppelmann, Rolf ^a   Böttger Schnack, Ruth ^b,c   Möbius, Jurgen ^a   Weikert, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Biolab Research Institute Hohenwestedt   (Germany)

^c Meereschemie Universität Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; DIET; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

LUCICUTIA; LUCICUTIA LONGISERRATA;

EID: 67649273774     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbp013     Document Type: Article

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