Ecological connectivity and niche differentiation between two closely related fish species in the mangrove-seagrass-coral reef continuum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 201-215

  Berkström, Charlotte ^a   Jörgensen, Tove L ^a   Hellström, Micaela ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef; Mangrove; Ontogenetic shifts; Resource partitioning; Seagrass; Stable isotopes; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FEEDING; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANGROVE; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PERCIFORM; PROTECTED AREA; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

EAST AFRICA; MAFIA ISLAND; PWANI; TANZANIA;

EID: 84875177692     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10171     Document Type: Article

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