Origin of resources and trophic pathways in a large SW Atlantic estuary: An evaluation using stable isotopes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Botto, Florencia ^a,b   Gaitán, Esteban ^b,c   Mianzan, Hermes ^b,c   Acha, Marcelo ^a,b,c   Giberto, Diego ^b,c   Schiariti, Agustín ^b,c   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Food web; Rio de la Plata; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; C3 PLANT; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER INPUT; GASTROPOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERCIFORM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SHARK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); RIO DE LA PLATA; URUGUAY;

ACARTIA TONSA; ARGYROSOMUS MACROPHTHALMUS; ATLANTORAJA CASTELNAUI; BIVALVIA; BREVOORTIA AUREA; CALANOIDA; CHONDRICHTHYES; COPEPODA; CYNOSCION GUATUCUPA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDELPHIDAE; GALEORHINUS GALEUS; GASTROPODA; MACTRA ISABELLEANA; MICROPOGONIAS FURNIERI; MYSIDA; NEOMYSIS AMERICANA; PISCES; SPARTINA; SQUATINA ARGENTINA;

EID: 79952073769     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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