Carbon sources supporting a diverse fish community in a tropical coastal ecosystem (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Nyunja, J ^a,b   Ntiba, M ^a   Onyari, J ^a   Mavuti, K ^a   Soetaert, K ^c   Bouillon, S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fish; food webs; Gazi Bay; mangroves; seagrasses; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; CRUSTACEAN; EPIPHYTE; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROALGA; MANGROVE; NICHE OVERLAP; NURSERY GROUND; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; GAZI BAY; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 67349089514     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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