Trophic dynamics in a relatively pristine subtropical fringing mangrove community

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 428, Issue , 2011, Pages 49-61

  Raymond Heithaus, E ^a   Heithaus, Patricia A ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^b   Burkholder, Derek ^b   Layman, Craig A ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Energy flow; Fish; Food web; Seagrass; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79955671375     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09052     Document Type: Article

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