Animal diet in Texas seagrass meadows: δ13C evidence for the importance of benthic plants

Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 499-509

  Fry, Brian ^a   Parker, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal lagoons; food webs; isotope ratios; metabolism; nursery grounds; offshore; sea grasses; Texas coast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001047307     PISSN: 03023524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0302-3524(79)90031-8     Document Type: Article

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