Trophic relationships of juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in estuarine habitats

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 379-390

  Dittel, Ana I ^a   Epifanio, Charles E ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue crab juveniles; Carbon and nitrogen sources; Food webs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; ESTUARIES; FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; GROWTH KINETICS; ISOTOPES;

BLUE CRAB JUVENILES; CARBON AND NITROGEN SOURCES; FOOD WEBS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CRAB; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREY PREFERENCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC STATUS;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746835298     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0204-2     Document Type: Article

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