Movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: The influence of saltmarsh patch size

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 15-24

  Guest, Michaela A ^a,b,c   Connolly, Rod M ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Estuary and Waterway Management ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Crustacea; Landscape ecology; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRAB; ESTUARY; ISOTOPE; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PARASESARMA ERYTHRODACTYLA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33646257310     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310015     Document Type: Article

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