Stable isotope evidence for dietary overlap between alien and native gastropods in coastal lakes of northern kwazulu-natal, south africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Miranda, Nelson A F ^a   Perissinotto, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSIMINEA OVATA; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BULINUS; BULINUS NATALENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GASTROPOD; HAMINOEA NATALENSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAREBIA GRANIFERA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANIMAL; BAY; BIOMASS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYS; BIOMASS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; GASTROPODA; GEOGRAPHY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857388921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031897     Document Type: Article

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