Importance of different carbon sources for macroinvertebrates and fishes of an interlinked mangrove-mudflat ecosystem (Tanzania)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-472

  Kruitwagen, G ^a   Nagelkerken, I ^a   Lugendo, B R ^b   Mgaya, Y D ^b   Bonga, S E Wendelaar ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRAB; DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; MOTILITY; MUDFLAT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SESSILE SPECIES; SHELTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

TANZANIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA SCABRA; PERIOPHTHALMUS; PISCES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SESARMA; UCA;

EID: 77954144033     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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