The trophic blockage hypothesis is not supported by the diets of fishes on Seine Seamount

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 107-120

  Hirch, Stefanie ^a   Christiansen, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthopelagic fish; Diet; Fatty acid; Seamounts; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

PISCES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 78149382999     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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