Food web structures of subtidal benthic muddy habitats: Evidence of microphytobenthos contribution supported by an engineer species

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 500, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-41

  Rigolet, Carinne ^a,b   Thiébaut, Eric ^b,c   Dubois, Stanislas F ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Gregarious amphipod; Haploops; Navicula; Source contribution; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; DIATOM; FOOD WEB; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84897847650     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10685     Document Type: Article

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