Body size and trophic position in a temperate estuarine food web

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-153

  Akin, Senol ^a   Winemiller, K O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Food chain; Stable isotope; Stomach contents; Tidal estuary; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DETRITIVORY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTIVORY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

MAD ISLAND MARSH; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOROSOMATINAE; PISCES;

EID: 40649126308     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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