Identification of the food sources of sympatric ghost shrimp (Trypaea australiensis) and soldier crab (Mictyris longicarpus) populations using a lipid biomarker, dual stable isotope approach

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 878-888

  Spilmont, Nicolas ^a   Meziane, Tarik ^b   Seuront, Laurent ^c,d   Welsh, David T ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Food source; Lipid biomarker; Mictyris longicarpus; Stable isotope; Trypaea australiensis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CRAB; FATTY ACID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHRIMP CULTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIANASSIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MICTYRIDAE; MICTYRIS LONGICARPUS; TRYPAEA AUSTRALIENSIS;

EID: 70450269259     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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