Body size- based trophic structure of a deep marine ecosystem

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 171-181

  Romero Romero, Sonia ^a   Molina Ramírez, Axayacatl ^a   Höfer, Juan ^a   Acuña, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body size; Deep sea; Food web; Predator prey; Size based; Stable isotopes; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ANIMAL; BAY; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BODY SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84956759831     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0234.1     Document Type: Article

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