Variation in trophic shift for stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 378-390

  McCutchan Jr , James H ^a,b   Lewis Jr , William M ^a   Kendall, Carol ^c   McGrath, Claire C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CARBON; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041911297     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12098.x     Document Type: Article

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