Variation in δ15N and δ13C trophic fractionation: Implications for aquatic food web studies

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2061-2066

  Zanden, M Jake Vander ^a,b   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b McGill University ^*

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035661825     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.8.2061     Document Type: Article

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