Stable trophic structure across coastal nekton assemblages despite high species turnover

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 364, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-146

  Villéger, Sébastien ^a   Miranda, Julia Ramos ^b   Hernandez, Domingo Flores ^b   Lopez, Atahualpa Sosa ^b   Mouillot, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Gulf of Mexico; Terminos lagoon; Trophic diversity; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; NEKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TERMINOS LAGOON;

EID: 50149117388     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07471     Document Type: Article

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