The stable nitrogen isotope ratio as a marker of food-web interactions and fish migration

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2249-2257

  Hansson, Sture ^a   Hobbie, John E ^b   Elmgren, Ragnar ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^a   Fry, Brian ^b,c   Johansson, Sif ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea coastal areas; Fish migration; Food web structure nitrogen isotopes; Pelagic food web structure; Sewage treatment effluent and 15N values; Trophic fractionation and interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH MIGRATION; FOOD WEB; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIO;

BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; MYSIDACEA; MYSIS MIXTA; MYSIS RELICTA; OSMERUS EPERLANUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; STIZOSTEDION LUCIOPERCA;

EID: 0031284562     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2249:TSNIRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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