Movement of carbon among estuarine habitats and its assimilation by invertebrates

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 684-691

  Connolly, Rod M ^a,b   Gorman, Daniel ^a,c   Guest, Michaela A ^a,b,d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Estuary; Polychaeta; Stable isotopes; Trophic subsidy

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MOVEMENT;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PALAEMONIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; PALAEMONIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROBRACHIUM INTERMEDIUM; NEPHTYS AUSTRALIENSIS; PALAEMONIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 24044492286     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0167-4     Document Type: Article

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