Food web structure within kelp holdfasts (Laminaria): A stable isotope study

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-376

  Schaal, Gauthier ^a,b,c   Riera, Pascal ^b,c   Leroux, Cédric ^b,d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Food web; Kelp holdfast; Sediment organic matter; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROWN ALGA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; KELP FOREST; MICROHABITAT; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84864142366     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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