Simultaneous analysis of δ13C, δ15N and δ34S ratios uncovers food web relationships and the trophic importance of epiphytes in an eelgrass Zostera marina community

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 497, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-103

  Mittermayr, Agnes ^a   Hansen, Thomas ^a   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Food web; Seagrass; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893780604     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10569     Document Type: Article

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