Spatial and temporal variations in the diet of the mysid Mesopodopsis africana in the St. Lucia Estuary (South Africa)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 417, Issue , 2010, Pages 127-138

  Carrasco, Nicola K ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ISimangaliso Wetland Park; Key species; South Africa; Stable isotopes; Trophic relations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; CRUSTACEAN; DESICCATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROALGA; OMNIVORY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLADOPHORA; COPEPODA; DIAPTOMUS; MESOPODOPSIS AFRICANA; MYSIDA;

EID: 78149435093     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08799     Document Type: Article

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