Pathways of organic matter through food webs of diverse habitats in the regulated Nakdong River estuary (Korea)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-226

  Choy, Eun Jung ^a   An, Soonmo ^a   Kang, Chang Keun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

food webs; Korea, Nakdong River estuary; phytobenthos; salt marshes; stable isotopes; zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NAKDONG ESTUARY; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PISCES; SCHOENOPLECTUS TRIQUETER; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 41749099027     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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