Role of microbial mats in Sulaibikhat Bay (Kuwait) mudflat food webs: Evidence from δ13C analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 308, Issue , 2006, Pages 27-36

  Al Zaidan, A S Y ^a   Kennedy, H ^b   Jones, D A ^b   Al Mohanna, S Y ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Food webs; Grazers; Gut faecal analysis; Microbial mats; Reclamation; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SALICORNIA HERBACEA;

EID: 33644970027     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps308027     Document Type: Article

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