Fate of mangrove organic matter along a subtropical estuary: Small-scale exportation and contribution to the food of crab communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 312, Issue , 2006, Pages 15-27

  Meziane, T ^a   D'Agata, F ^a   Lee, S Y ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fatty acids; Food web; Grapsid; Mangrove; Ocypodid; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

CRAB FISHERY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MANGROVE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LOGAN RIVER; MORETON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 33744462603     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps312015     Document Type: Article

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