Complexity of the food web structure of the Ascophyllum nodosum zone evidenced by a δ13C and δ15N study

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-312

  Golléty, Claire ^a,b   Riera, Pascal ^a,b   Davoult, Dominique ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Brittany Coast; Canopy forming Macroalgae; Food Web; Rocky Shores; Stable Isotopes; Temporal Variations

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROCKY SHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 77954954517     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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