Incorporation of brown tide into an estuarine food web

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Street, Greg T ^a   Montagna, Paul A ^a   Parker, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Brown tide; Food webs; Seagrass; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BLOOM; BROWN TIDE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARINE FOOD WEB; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; SEAGRASS BED;

LAGUNA MADRE; TEXAS; USA;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; PELAGOPHYCEAE; POGONIAS CROMIS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 0030797168     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152067     Document Type: Article

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