Subantarctic Macquarie Island - A model ecosystem for studying animal-derived nitrogen sources using 15N natural abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Erskine, Peter D ^a   Bergstrom, Dana M ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Stewart, George R ^a   Tweedie, Craig E ^a   Shaw, Justine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Aerial nitrogen deposition; Animal derived nitrogen; Plant nitrogen sources; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032405776     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050647     Document Type: Article

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