Spatial analysis of the trophic interactions between two juvenile fish species and their preys along a coastal-estuarine gradient

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Kopp, Dorothée ^a   Le Bris, Hervé ^b   Grimaud, Lucille ^a   Nérot, Caroline ^c   Brind'Amour, Anik ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Food web; Gut content; Nursery ground; Solea solea; Stable isotopes; Trisopterus luscus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FLATFISH; FOOD WEB; JUVENILE; NURSERY GROUND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 84877802143     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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