Trophic ecology of Sargassum-associated fishes in the Gulf of Mexico determined from stable isotopes and fatty acids

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 249-259

  Rooker, Jay R ^a   Turner, Jason P ^a,c   Holt, Scott A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food web; Large pelagic fishes; Pelagic ecosystem; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FISH CULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 33745602513     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313249     Document Type: Article

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