Relative importance of interlinked mangroves and seagrass beds as feeding habitats for juvenile reef fish on a Caribbean island

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Fish assemblages in seagrass beds are influenced by the proximity of mangrove forests (2007, background): “A further study divided the reef species using mangroves and seagrass into two groups ( Nagelkerken and van der Velde 2004a ).”
The importance of mangroves, mud and sand flats, and seagrass beds as feeding areas for juvenile fishes in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar: gut content and stable isotope analyses (2006, background): “Little is known, however, of the degree to which these habitats are used as feeding habitats ( Nagelkerken & van der Velde, 2004 ).”
Structuring of Indo-Pacific fish assemblages along the mangrove-seagrass continuum (2009, background): “…of fish spend their whole lifecycle in these shallow water habitats (Sheaves 2005), whilst many adult fish routinely undertake tidal and diel migrations between these and adjacent habitats (Nagelkerken et al. 2000, Dorenbosch et al. 2004, Nagelkerken & van der Velde 2004, Unsworth et al. 2007a,b).”
Caribbean mangroves and seagrass beds as daytime feeding habitats for juvenile French grunts, Haemulon flavolineatum (2006, background): “Stable carbon isotope analysis of juvenile Haemulidae and Lutjanidae has indicated that Wshes sheltering in seagrass beds during daytime primarily feed in the seagrass beds, whereas those sheltering in mangroves during daytime primarily feed in the mangroves ( Nagelkerken and van der Velde 2004b ).”