FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Facing the necessity of describing estuarine ecosystems: a review of food web ecology study techniques
BT 
AF PASQUAUD, Stéphanie
   LOBRY, Jeremy
   ELIE, Pierre
AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;
FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH;3:;
C1 CEMAGREF, Groupement Bordeaux, Unite Ecosyst Estuariens & Poissons Migrateurs Am, F-33612 Cestas, France.
   IFREMER, Ctr Nantes, Dept EMH, Ecol & Modeles Halieut, F-44311 Nantes 3, France.
C2 CEMAGREF, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI NANTES
SE PDG-DOP-DCN-EMH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-p187
IF 1.201
TC 41
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2784.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Trophic model;Biochemical marker;Stable isotope;Stomach/gut content analysis;Estuarine food web
AB Estuarine areas are sites of human pressures and degradation. In order to maintain and/or restore the quality of estuarine ecosystems, it is necessary to describe their structure and functioning. For that reason, many recent scientific works focus on food webs, which are depicted as being good indicators of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems. Hence it is necessary to question how estuarine food webs can be described. This paper proposes a pragmatic and practical review of the most widely used techniques (stomach/gut content analysis, stable isotope ratios and biochemical markers) with emphasis on their main advantages, drawbacks and bias according to possible ecological goals (ecological quality objectives). These approaches, although quite different, provide complementary information about the trophic relationships in the system, that is to say the sources of organic matter and the description of energy flows between the different compartments of the food web. In trophic models, all these results can be integrated to a global picture of the estuarine trophic structure. This is considered to be an essential step towards the understanding of the functioning of these ecosystems.  
PY 2007
PD SEP
SO Hydrobiologia
SN 0018-8158
PU Springer
VL 588
IS 1
UT 000248623700014
BP 159
EP 172
DI 10.1007/s10750-007-0660-3
ID 2784
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