Food web structure of deep-sea macrozooplankton and micronekton off the Catalan slope: Insight from stable isotopes

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Fanelli, E ^a   Cartes, J E ^a   Papiol, V ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental variables; Macrozooplankton; Micronekton; Stable isotopes; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MACROZOOPLANKTON; MICRONEKTON; STABLE ISOTOPES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD WEB; HOMOGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; NEKTON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CAVOLINIA INFLEXA; CRUSTACEA; CYMBULIA PERONII; EUCOPIA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; HYPERIIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYSIDA; NATANTIA; OSTRACODA; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; PTEROPODA; PYROSOMA ATLANTICUM; SALPA MAXIMA; SALPIDA; SIPHONOPHORA (HYDROZOANS); STOMIIFORMES; THALIACEA; TOMOPTERIS; VIBILIA ARMATA;

EID: 79954581818     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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