The role of macrophytes as a refuge and food source for the estuarine isopod Exosphaeroma hylocoetes (Barnard, 1940)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Henninger, Tony O ^a   Froneman, P William ^a   Richoux, Nicole B ^a   Hodgson, Alan N ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

estuarine isopod; fatty acid composition; fish predation; stable carbon isotopes; submerged vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ISOPOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPHYTE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; REFUGE; REFUGIUM; STOMACH CONTENT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLINUS COTTOIDES; EXOSPHAEROMA; GLOSSOGOBIUS CALLIDUS; ISOPODA; MONODACTYLUS FALCIFORMES; POACEAE; RHABDOSARGUS HOLUBI; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 61549118467     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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