Trophic dynamics of two sympatric mysid species in an estuarine transition zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 171-187

  Winkler, Gesche ^a   Martineau, Christine ^a   Dodson, Julian J ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^a   Johnson, Ladd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding experiments; Mysis stenolepis; Neomysis americana; Stable isotopes; Zooplankton assemblage

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY SHIFT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; INGESTION RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; OMNIVORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TRANSITION ZONE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EURYTEMORA AFFINIS; MYSIDA; MYSIS STENOLEPIS; NEOMYSIS AMERICANA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 34047156997     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332171     Document Type: Article

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