Dynamics of an estuarine nursery ground: the spatio-temporal relationship between the river flow and the food web of the juvenile common sole (Solea solea, L.) as revealed by stable isotopes analysis

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Kostecki, C ^a   Le Loc'h, F ^b   Roussel, J M ^c   Desroy, N ^d   Huteau, D ^c   Riera, P ^e   Le Bris, H ^a   Le Pape, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Atlantic; Estuarine Nursery Grounds; Food Web; Juvenile Common Sole; Stable Isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE; ILLE ET VILAINE; VILAINE ESTUARY;

INVERTEBRATA; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 77953321501     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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