Using stable isotopes to monitor watershed influences on aquatic trophodynamics

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2167-2171

  Fry, Brian ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMONITORING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; POTAMOCORBULA AMURENSIS;

EID: 0033304437     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-152     Document Type: Article

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