Isotopic signatures, foraging habitats and trophic relationships between fish and seasnakes on the coral reefs of New Caledonia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-165

  Brischoux, F ^a,b,c   Bonnet, X ^a   Cherel, Y ^a   Shine, R ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilliform fish; Coral reefs; Sea kraits; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CORAL REEF; DIVERGENCE; EEL; FEEDING GROUND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ONTOGENY; PREY CAPTURE; SEAFLOOR; SNAKE; STOMACH CONTENT; STRAIT; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 79551687559     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0680-8     Document Type: Article

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