@article{fdi:010049615,
  title = {{D}ynamics of an estuarine nursery ground : the spatio-temporal relationship between the river flow and the food web of the juvenile common sole ({S}olea solea, {L}.) as revealed by stable isotopes analysis},
  author = {{K}ostecki, {C}. and {L}e {L}oc'h, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}oussel, {J}. {M}. and {D}esroy, {N}. and {H}uteau, {D}. and {R}iera, {P}. and {L}e {B}ris, {H}. and {L}e {P}ape, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}stuaries are essential fish habitats because they provide nursery grounds for a number of marine species. {P}revious studies in the {B}ay of {V}ilaine (part of the {B}ay of {B}iscay, {F}rance) have underlined the estuarine dependence of juvenile common sole ({S}olea solea, {L}) and shown that the extent of sole nursery grounds was positively influenced by the variability of the river flow. {I}n 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. {P}articulate organic matter ({POM}), sediment organic matter ({SOM}), microphytobenthos, benthic invertebrate sole prey and young-of-the-year common sole were collected during the summer over 4 years characterised by contrasting river discharges. {POM} isotopic signatures were used to identify the origins of nutrient and organic matter assimilated into the estuarine food web through benthic organisms to juvenile common sole. {I}nterannual spatial variations were found in the {POM} carbon stable isotope signatures, with the importance of these variations depending on the interannual fluctuations of the river flow. {M}oreover, the spatio-temporal variability of this {POM} isotopic signature was propagated along the food webs up to juvenile sole, confirming the central role of river discharge and terrigeneous subsidy input in the estuarine benthic food web in determining the size of the sole nursery habitat.},
  keywords = {{J}uvenile {C}ommon {S}ole ; {S}table {I}sotopes ; {E}stuarine {N}ursery {G}rounds ; {F}ood {W}eb ; {E}astern {A}tlantic},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {S}ea {R}esearch},
  volume = {64},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {54--60},
  ISSN = {1385-1101},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.seares.2009.07.006},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049615},
}