Microscale variations of food web functioning within a rocky shore invertebrate community

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Schaal, Gauthier ^a,b,c   Riera, Pascal ^b,c   Leroux, Cédric ^b,d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; ORGANIC MATTER; ROCKY SHORE; SPONGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

HALICHONDRIA PANICEA; HYMENIACIDON SANGUINEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951769493     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1586-2     Document Type: Article

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