Mechanism for the small-scale movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: Organic matter transfer not crab movement

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-96

  Guest, Michaela A ^a,b,e   Connolly, Rod M ^a,b   Lee, Shing Y ^a,b   Loneragan, Neil R ^b,c,f   Breitfuss, Mark J ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Kellogg Brown and Root Proprietary Limited Company   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon movement; Crab movement; Crustacean; Estuaries; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON; CRAB; MANGROVE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SALTMARSH; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRACHYURA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BRACHYURA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PARASESARMA ERYTHRODACTYLA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 33646481694     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0352-5     Document Type: Article

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