Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: Models, methods, and assumptions

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 703-718

  Post, David M ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic baseline; Lake food webs; Long lived consumers; Stable isotopes; Trophic fractionation; Trophic position; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0000669117     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0703:USITET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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