Stable isotope monitoring of benthic-planktonic coupling using salt marsh fish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 193-204

  Fry, Brian ^a   Cieri, Matthew ^b   Hughes, Jeff ^c   Tobias, Craig ^d   Deegan, Linda A ^e   Peterson, Bruce ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Fish; Monitoring; Power analysis; Salt marsh; Spartina; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COUPLING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PLANKTON; SALTMARSH; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; ROWLEY RIVER; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MENIDIA; MENIDIA MENIDIA; SPARTINA;

EID: 56149103847     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07644     Document Type: Article

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