Biogeographic and nearshore-offshore trends in isotope ratios of intertidal mussels and their food sources around the coast of southern Africa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 318, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-73

  Hill, J M ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a   Kaehler, S ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Biogeographic trends; Diet; Mussels; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748420397     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps318063     Document Type: Article

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