Food sources of macro-invertebrates in an important mangrove ecosystem of Vietnam determined by dual stable isotope signatures

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-21

  Tue, Nguyen Tai ^a,b   Hamaoka, Hideki ^b   Sogabe, Atsushi ^c   Quy, Tran Dang ^d   Nhuan, Mai Trong ^d   Omori, Koji ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Food sources; Invertebrate; Mangrove ecosystem; Stable isotopes; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRAB; ECOTONE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; MEIOFAUNA; MICROALGA; ONTOGENY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHAETE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIDAL FLAT;

VIET NAM;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORARIA MELANOSTOMA; OCYPODIDAE; POLYCHAETA; PORTUNIDAE; SCYLLA SERRATA; TEREBRALIA SULCATA; UCA;

EID: 84861659314     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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