Utilization of carbon sources in a northern Brazilian mangrove ecosystem

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-457

  Giarrizzo, Tommaso ^a   Schwamborn, Ralf ^b   Saint Paul, Ulrich ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

0 10'S; 47 50'W; Curu estuary; Estuary; Food webs; Isotope fractionation; Mangrove; Mixing model; Northern Brazil; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANGROVE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; VASCULAR PLANT;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; CURUCA ESTUARY;

ALGAE; MUGILIDAE; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TRACHEOPHYTA; UCA MARACOANI; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 82955236072     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.018     Document Type: Article

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