Trophic functioning of coastal ecosystems along an anthropogenic pressure gradient: A French case study with emphasis on a small and low impacted estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-85

  Selleslagh, Jonathan ^a   Lobry, Jérémy ^a   Amara, Rachid ^b,c,d   Brylinski, Jean Michel ^b,c,d   Boët, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Canche estuary; Ecological network analysis indices; Ecological quality; Ecopath; Food web; French coastal ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FOOD WEB; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; FRANCE;

AMPHIPODA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; COPEPODA; GOBIIDAE;

EID: 84866928661     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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