Effects of a small seagull colony on trophic status and primary production in a Mediterranean coastal system (Marinello ponds, Italy)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-34

  Signa, Geraldina ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a   Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Primary production; Seabird; Stable isotopes; Transitional environments; Trophic status; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; COLONY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSITION ZONE;

ITALY; SICILY;

LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

EID: 84865795084     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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