The comparative diet of the dominant zooplankton species in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 479-490

  Carrasco, Nicola K ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acartia natalensis; diet; iSimangaliso Wetland Park; Mesopodopsis africana; Pseudodiaptomus stuhlmanni

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DESICCATION; DIET; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ISIMANGALISO WETLAND PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARTIA NATALENSIS; COPEPODA; MESOPODOPSIS AFRICANA; MYSIDA; PSEUDODIAPTOMUS STUHLMANNI;

EID: 79551717124     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbq126     Document Type: Article

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