Aquatic food webs in mangrove and seagrass habitats of Centla Wetland, a Biosphere reserve in Southeastern Mexico

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Mendoza Carranza, Manuel ^a   Hoeinghaus, David J ^b   Garcia, Alexandre M ^c   Romero Rodriguez, Ángel ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon flow; Food chains; Neotropical; Rizophora mangle; Submerged aquatic vegetation; Vallisneria americana

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LIPOSARCUS; LIPOSARCUS PARDALIS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 77953670870     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252010000100020     Document Type: Article

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