Spatial variation in stable isotopes (δ13C and δ 15N) in marine fish along the coast of Havana City: Evidence of human impacts from harbor and river waters

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1281-1288

  Aguilar, Consuelo ^a   González Sansón, Gaspar ^a   Faloh, Isabel ^a   Curry, R Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicolor damselfish; Bluehead wrasse; Caribbean reefs; Chromis; Human impacts; Slippery dick; Yellowhead wrasse

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD WEB; HARBOR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; HAVANA;

CHROMIS; HALICHOERES BIVITTATUS; HALICHOERES GARNOTI; STEGASTES PARTITUS; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM;

EID: 53549101915     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0832.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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