Relative importance of interlinked mangroves and seagrass beds as feeding habitats for juvenile reef fish on a Caribbean island

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 274, Issue , 2004, Pages 153-159

  Nagelkerken, I ^a,b   Van Der Velde, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Feeding habitats; Interlinkages; Mangroves; Seagrass beds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CURACAO; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 3142663518     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps274153     Document Type: Article

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