Role of microhabitats in food webs of benthic communities in a mangrove forest

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 340, Issue , 2007, Pages 55-62

  Kon, K ^a   Kurokura, H ^a   Hayashizaki, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Food web; Mangrove forest; Microhabitat; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; MICROHABITAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND; TRANG;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547163538     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps340055     Document Type: Article

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