Spatial, seasonal, and ontogenetic variations in the significance of detrital pathways and terrestrial carbon for a benthic shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Hemiscylliidae), in a tropical estuary

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1035-1053

  Wai, Tak Cheung ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a   Sin, Shadow Y T ^a   Cornish, Andy ^a,b   Dudgeon, David ^a   Williams, Gray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b World Wide Fund Hong Kong Central   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; DIATOM; ENERGY FLOW; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; POLYCHAETE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHARK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; CRUSTACEA; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79956366886     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.1035     Document Type: Article

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