Spatial Variability of Stable Isotope Ratios in Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and Primary Producers Along an Estuarine Gradient (Bay of Brest, France)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 808-819

  Marchais, Violette ^a   Schaal, Gauthier ^a   Grall, Jacques ^a   Lorrain, Anne ^a   Nerot, Caroline ^a   Richard, Pierre ^b   Chauvaud, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Brest; Biofilm; Carbon; Estuary; Food web; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOFILM; BIVALVE; DIET; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TYPOLOGY;

BAY OF BREST; BRETAGNE; FINISTERE; FRANCE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84878685112     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9584-x     Document Type: Article

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