Determination of fish trophic levels in an estuarine system

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-246

  Pasquaud, S ^a   Pillet, M ^a,b   David, V ^b,c   Sautour, B ^c,d   Elie, P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

15N; estuarine ecosystem; Europe; fish trophic levels; France; Gironde estuary; Lat. 45 20 N; Long. 0 45 W; organic matter sources; predator prey relationships; stomach contents

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLATFISH; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FRANCE; GIRONDE ESTUARY;

LIZA RAMADA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 72649095971     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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