Carbon isotope composition of mysids at a terrestrial-marine ecotone, Clayoquot sound, British Columbia, Canada

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 669-675

  Mulkins, L M ^a   Jelinski, D E ^a   Karagatzides, J D ^a   Carr, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Canada West Coast; Carbon; Carbon isotopes; Ecotone; Estuary; Landscape ecology; Mysidacea; Mysids

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER INPUT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIXING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CLAYOQUOT SOUND;

CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; MYSIDA; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE; PERACARIDA;

EID: 0036526108     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0851     Document Type: Article

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