Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in zooplankton of the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort seas

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 162, Issue , 1998, Pages 11-23

  Schell, Donald M ^a   Barnett, Bruce A ^a   Vinette, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chaetognaths; Chukchi Sea; Copepods; Euphausiids; Stable isotopes; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032509960     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps162011     Document Type: Article

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