Spatial variation in basal resources supporting benthic food webs revealed for the inner continental shelf

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-856

  Grippo, Mark A ^a,c   Fleeger, John W ^a   Dubois, Stanislas F ^b   Condrey, Richard ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BARRIER ISLAND; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOOD WEB; GUILD; MIXING; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 79956368609     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0841     Document Type: Article

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