Stable isotopes reveal a consistent consumer-diet relationship across hundreds of kilometres

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 403, Issue , 2010, Pages 53-61

  Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Kelp; Niche width; Sea urchin; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECHINODERM; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; NICHE BREADTH; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA;

EID: 77954107078     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08484     Document Type: Article

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