Trophic relationships and the nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids in plankton

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2173-2180

  McClelland, J W ^a   Montoya, J P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Food webs; Nitrogen; Plankton; Stable isotopes; Trophic

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0038138026     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2173:TRATNI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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