Trophic relationships in an interlinked mangrove-seagrass ecosystem as traced by δ13C and δ15N

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Marguillier, S ^a   Van Der Velde, G ^b   Dehairs, F ^a   Hemminga, M A ^c   Rajagopal, S ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fishes; Mangroves; Seagrasses; Trophic relationships; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

CARBON-13; FEEDING GROUND; FISH ASSEMBLAGES; FOOD WEB; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SWAMPS; SEAGRASS BED; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIP; TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

KENYA, GAZI BAY;

EID: 0030618555     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps151115     Document Type: Article

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