Effects of terrestrial input on macrobenthic food webs of coastal sea are detected by stable isotope analysis in Gaeta Gulf

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 158-168

  Careddu, Giulio ^a,b   Costantini, Maria Letizia ^a   Calizza, Edoardo ^a   Carlino, Pasquale ^a   Bentivoglio, Flavia ^a   Orlandi, Lucia ^a   Rossi, Loreto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Detritus feeders; Food webs; Stable isotopes; Trophic relationships; Tyrrhenian sea

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER PLUME; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TYPE SPECIMEN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84921445274     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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