Stable isotope variations in benthic filter feeders across a large depth gradient on the continental shelf

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Nerot, Caroline ^a   Lorrain, Anne ^a   Grall, Jacques ^a   Gillikin, David P ^b   Munaron, Jean Marie ^a   Le Bris, Hervé ^c   Paulet, Yves Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Bivalve molluscs; Microphytobenthos; Scallops; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FILTER FEEDER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

AEQUIPECTEN OPERCULARIS; BIVALVIA; GLYCYMERIS GLYCYMERIS; MOLLUSCA; PECTEN MAXIMUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 84655167254     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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