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, Tiphaine, Caurant, Florence, Cherel, Yves, Simon-Bouhet, Benoit, Spitz, Jérôme, Bustamante, Paco
• Other Authors: LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés - UMR 7266 (LIENSs), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology; Hake; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01016160; https://hal.science/hal-01016160/document; https://hal.science/hal-01016160/file/Chouvelon_et_al_2014_ICES_J_MAR_SCI.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst199

International audience 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 stru...