Using stable isotope analysis to validate effective trophic levels from Ecopath models of areas closed and open to shrimp trawling in Core Sound, NC, USA

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 282, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Deehr, Rebecca A ^a   Luczkovich, Joseph J ^a   Hart, Kevin J ^a,b   Clough, Lisa M ^a   Johnson, Beverly J ^c   Johnson, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Effective trophic level; Estuarine ecosystem; Shrimp trawling; Stable nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELLFISH;

ECOPATH; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; SHRIMP TRAWLING; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FISHERIES;

DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SHRIMP CULTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CORE SOUND; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896997641     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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