Trophic structure of mesopelagic fishes in the western Mediterranean based on stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 160-170

  Valls, M ^a   Olivar, M P ^b   Fernandez de Puelles M L ^a   Moli B ^b   Bernal, A ^b   Sweeting, C J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food web; Gonostomatidae; Myctophidae; Niche segregation; Sternoptychidae

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

CARBON AND NITROGEN; FOOD WEBS; GONOSTOMATIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; STERNOPTYCHIDAE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

FISH;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PELAGIC FISH; PHOTIC ZONE; PLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CERATOSCOPELUS MADERENSIS; CYCLOTHONE BRAUERI; EUPHAUSIACEA; EUPHAUSIIDAE; GONOSTOMATIDAE; LAMPANYCTUS CROCODILUS; LAMPANYCTUS PUSILLUS; LOBIANCHIA DOFLEINI; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; STERNOPTYCHIDAE;

EID: 84906784883     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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