Revisiting the use of δ15N in meso-scale studies of marine food webs by considering spatio-temporal variations in stable isotopic signatures - The case of an open ecosystem: The Bay of Biscay (North-East Atlantic)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-105

  Chouvelon, T ^a   Spitz, J ^a   Caurant, F ^a   Mendez Fernandez P ^a   Chappuis, A ^a   Laugier, F ^a   Le Goff, E ^a   Bustamante, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITROGEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATITUDE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OPEN OCEAN; PERTURBATION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 84861454798     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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