Food web structure of sandy beaches: Temporal and spatial variation using stable isotope analysis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-543

  Bergamino, Leandro ^a   Lercari, Diego ^a   Defeo, Omar ^a  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Food webs; Sandy beaches; Stable isotopes; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL LOOP; MORPHODYNAMICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURF ZONE; ZOOPLANKTON;

URUGUAY;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 79751524062     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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