Stable isotopes reveal strong marine and El Nino effects on island food webs

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6752, 1999, Pages 467-469

  Stapp, Paul ^a   Polis, Gary A ^a   Sánchez Piñero, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN 15;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD WEB; ISLAND;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANT; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0033619251     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46769     Document Type: Article

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