Trophic relationships of a marsh bird differ between gulf coast estuaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 963-970

  Rush, Scott A ^b   Olin, Jill A ^b   Fisk, Aaron T ^b   Woodrey, Mark S ^c,d   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg; Fiddler crab; Mixing model; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CRAB; DIET; EGG; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; MUSCLE; NICHE BREADTH; PREY SELECTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 77953538050     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9281-6     Document Type: Article

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