Differential processing of anthropogenic carbon and nitrogen in benthic food webs of A Coruña (NW Spain) traced by stable isotopes

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-206

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Fernández, Consolación ^b   Mompeán, Carmen ^a   Parra, Santiago ^a   Rozada, Fernando ^a,c   Valencia Vila, Joaquín ^a   Viana, Inés G ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Ganadería de Montana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemoautotrophy; Intertidal; Subtidal; Upwelling; Wastewater; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; INTERTIDAL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SUBTIDAL; UPWELLING;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84907997464     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.033     Document Type: Article

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