The effect of dietary nitrogen content on trophic level 15N enrichment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 601-607

  Adams, Thomas S ^a,b   Sterner, Robert W ^b  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; NITROGEN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 0034059418     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.3.0601     Document Type: Article

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