Variations in stable carbon isotope ratio of the copepod Acartia tonsa during the onset of the texas brown tide

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 995-1003

  Buskey, Edward J ^a   Dunton, Kenneth H ^a   Parker, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN TIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COASTAL LAGOON; FOOD WEB; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAGUNA MADRE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ACARTIA TONSA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033368097     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353078     Document Type: Article

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