Structure and dynamics of food webs in the water column on shelf and slope grounds of the western Mediterranean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-181

  Valls, M ^a   Sweeting, C J ^b   Olivar, M P ^c   Fernandez de Puelles M L ^a   Pasqual, C ^d   Polunin, N V C ^b   Quetglas, A ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bentho pelagic coupling; Food sources; Slope; Stable isotopes; Trophic level; Trophic structure; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ISOTOPES;

BENTHO-PELAGIC COUPLING; FOOD SOURCES; SLOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; PLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

CEPHALOPODA; PISCES;

EID: 84906788469     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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