Body size and trophic position in a diverse tropical food web

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2530-2535

  Layman, Craig A ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^b   Arrington, D Albrey ^c   Jepsen, David B ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Perry Institute for Marine Science   (United States)

^d and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivore; Diet analyses; Diversity; Fish; Food chain length; Morphology; Neotropics; Predation; Prey vulnerability; River; Stable isotope ratios; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FOOD WEB;

PISCES;

EID: 23944487667     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1098     Document Type: Article

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