Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 829-838

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a   Pusey, Bradley J ^a   Hamilton, Stephen K ^b   Pettit, Neil E ^c   Davies, Peter M ^c   Douglas, Michael M ^d   Sinnamon, Vivian ^e   Halliday, Ian A ^f   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Kowanyama Aboriginal Land and Natural Resource Management Office   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; Gonad; Income breeding; Liver; Stable sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; HUMID TROPICS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAGOON; MOVEMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FISH; FLOODING; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SEA; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FLOODS; FOOD CHAIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA; MITCHELL RIVER [QUEENSLAND]; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; DOROSOMATINAE; LATES CALCARIFER; NEMATALOSA COME; PISCES;

EID: 84856804182     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2148-0     Document Type: Article

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