Stable isotope analysis of production and trophic relationships in a tropical marine hard-bottom community

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 334-341

  Behringer, Donald C ^a   Butler, Mark J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Laurencia; Macroalgae; Seagrass; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HALOPHILA BAILLONIS;

EID: 33745413277     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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