Dietary success of a 'new' key fish in an overfished ecosystem: Evidence from fatty acid and stable isotope signatures

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 428, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-233

  Van Der Bank, M G ^a   Utne Palm, A C ^b   Pittman, K ^b   Sweetman, A K ^c   Richoux, N B ^d   Bruchert V ^e   Gibbons, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aequorea forskalea; Benthic pelagic coupling; Chrysaora fulgida; Disturbed ecosystem; Feeding; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMASS; DIATOM; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; JELLYFISH; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; OVERFISHING; PELAGIC FISH; PERCIFORM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANGOLA; BENGUELA; NAMIBIA;

AEQUOREA FORSKALEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARBULIFER CEUTHOECUS; CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA FULGIDA; GOBIIDAE; SCYPHOZOA; SUFFLOGOBIUS BIBARBATUS;

EID: 79955652174     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09078     Document Type: Article

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