Fatty acids as tracers of organic matter in the sediment and food web of a mangrove/intertidal flat ecosystem, Okinawa, Japan

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 49-57

  Meziane, Tarik ^a   Tsuchiya, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Dry season; Fatty acid markers; Food web; Intertidal flat; Mangrove; Okinawa Island; Organic matter; Rainy season; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003044740     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200049     Document Type: Article

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