Role of grapsid crabs, Parasesarma erythrodactyla, in entry of mangrove leaves into an estuarine food web: A mesocosm study

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2343-2352

  Nerot, Caroline ^a,b   Meziane, Tarik ^a   Provost Govrich, Anais ^a,b   Rybarczyk, Hervé ^a   Lee, S Yip ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; MANGROVE; MESOCOSM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; PARASESARMA ERYTHRODACTYLA;

EID: 71349084988     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1262-6     Document Type: Article

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