Evaluating the effect of environmental disturbance on the trophic structure of Florida Bay, U.S.A.: Multiple stable isotope analyses of contemporary and historical specimens

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1059-1072

  Chasar, Lia C ^a,b   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Koenig, Christopher C ^a   Coleman, Felicia C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

BISCAYNE BAY; FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; PISCES;

EID: 22844433436     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1059     Document Type: Article

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