Marine subsidies of island communities in the Gulf of California: Evidence from stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Anderson, Wendy B ^a   Polis, Gary A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISLAND ECOSYSTEM; SCORPION; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

ARANEAE; SCOPIONES;

EID: 0031933665     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546469     Document Type: Article

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