Seagrass and epiphytic algae support nutrition of a fisheries species, Sillago schomburgkii, in adjacent intertidal habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 286, Issue , 2005, Pages 69-79

  Connolly, Rod M ^a,b   Hindell, Jeremy S ^c   Gorman, Daniel ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Diet; Mangrove; Posidonia; Saltmarsh; Sillaginidae; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; FOOD WEB; NUTRITION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SILLAGINIDAE; SILLAGO SCHOMBURGKII;

EID: 14644404376     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps286069     Document Type: Article

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