Species- and size-related patterns in stable isotopes and mercury concentrations in fish help refine marine ecosystem indicators and provide evidence for distinct management units for hake in the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Chouvelon, T., Caurant, F., Cherel, Y., Simon-Bouhet, B., Spitz, J., Bustamante, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2014
• Subjects: Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst199; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/71/5/1073/29147893/fst199.pdf

Abstract Recent European environmental policies argue for the development of indicators of the ecological status of ecosystems that are easy to implement and powerful enough to detect changes quickly. For instance, some indicators that are currently proposed for monitoring foodweb structure and func...