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Literature review of available techniques to characterize marine and estuarine food webs : with emphasis for application in the model OMEGA

Food webs can be characterized by use of markers. These are increasingly used in food web studies since they are the only tool that can be used to infer relations through multiple trophic levels. Such a marker is a characteristic of an organism that can be objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biologic processes. These include fatty acids, stable isotopes, and molecular markers such as immunological markers and DNA markers. This report presents the results of a literature survey on these marker techniques, their use in describing marine and estuarine food webs, and an evaluation of their usefulness for the model OMEGA.

Datum rapport
1 januari 2006
Auteurs
Brink, N.W. van den, Lange, H.J de
Auteur
H.J. de Lange, N.W. van den Brink; Alterra
Uitgever
Alterra.
Annotatie 
56 p.
ill.
By order of Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management = Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, Rijkswaterstaat, National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management = Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RWS, RIKZ)
Alterra-rapport 1372
With ref.
ISSN 1566-7197
Documentnummer
352101