Trophic cul-de-sac, Pyrazus ebeninus, limits trophic transfer through an estuarine detritus-based food web

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-438

  Bishop, Melanie J ^a   Kelaher, Brendan P ^a   Alquezar, Ralph ^a   York, Paul H ^a   Ralph, Peter J ^a   Skilbeck, C Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DETRITUS; ENERGY FLOW; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; MACROBENTHOS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

GASTROPODA; PYRAZUS; PYRAZUS EBENINUS;

EID: 33847759890     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15557.x     Document Type: Article

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