Monitoring food web changes in tide-restored salt marshes: A carbon stable isotope approach

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 568-578

  Wozniak, Andrew S ^a,e   Roman, Charles T ^b   Wainright, Sam C ^c   McKinney, Richard A ^d   James Pirri, Mary Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON ISOTOPE; FISH; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33749627369     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784283     Document Type: Article

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