Determining the trophic guilds of fishes and macroinvertebrates in a seagrass food web

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1143-1163

  Luczkovich, Joseph J ^a   Ward, Garcy P ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey C ^a   Christian, Robert R ^a   Baird, Daniel ^c   Neckles, Hilary ^d   Rizzo, William M ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 943 Washington Square Mall   (United States)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; FOOD WEB; GUILD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEAGRASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA; SAINT MARKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; PISCES;

EID: 0036970274     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02692212     Document Type: Article

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