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| Kostecki, Caroline; Le Loc'H, F.; Roussel, J. -m.; Desroy, Nicolas; Huteau, D.; Riera, Pascal; Le Bris, H.; Le Pape, Olivier. |
| Estuaries are essential fish habitats because they provide nursery grounds for a number of marine species. Previous studies in the Bay of Vilaine (part of the Bay of Biscay, France) have underlined the estuarine dependence of juvenile common sole (Solea solea, L) and shown that the extent of sole nursery grounds was positively influenced by the variability of the river flow. In the present study, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes were used to describe the trophic network until the young-of-the-year sole and to compare interannual variations in the dominant trophic pathways in the sole nursery areas in this bay. Particulate organic matter (POM), sediment organic matter (SOM), microphytobenthos, benthic invertebrate sole prey and young-of-the-year common... |
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Palavras-chave: Juvenile Common Sole; Stable Isotopes; Estuarine Nursery Grounds; Food Web; Eastern Atlantic. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00008/11923/8641.pdf |
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