Are Caribbean mangroves important feeding grounds for juvenile reef fish from adjacent seagrass beds?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 274, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-151

  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; Mangroves; Seagrass beds; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

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

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

ACANTHURUS; ACANTHURUS CHIRURGUS; ANTHOZOA; HAEMULON; HAEMULON CHRYSARGYREUM; HAEMULON FLAVOLINEATUM; HALOPHILA; MULLOIDICHTHYS; MULLOIDICHTHYS MARTINICUS; OCYURUS CHRYSURUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPHYRAENA; SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 3142747137     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps274143     Document Type: Article

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