A neighbour is a neighbour? Consumer diversity, trophic function, and spatial variability in benthic food webs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Nordstrom M C ^a   Lindblad, P ^a   Aarnio, K ^a   Bonsdorff, E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Functional diversity; Niche complementarity; Predator prey interactions; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CRANGON CRANGON; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 77955281753     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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