Analyses of stomach contents and stable isotopes reveal food sources of estuarine detritivorous fish in tropical/subtropical Taiwan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 527-537

  Lin, Hsing Juh ^a,b   Kao, Wen Yuan ^c   Wang, Ya Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; mangroves; periphyton; stomach contents; tropical lagoon

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DETRITIVORY; FISH; MANGROVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERIPHYTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CHELON MACROLEPIS; OSTREIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34249064938     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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