Sulfur stable isotopes separate producers in marine food-web analysis

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-167

  Connolly, Rod M ^a,b   Guest, Michaela A ^a,b   Melville, Andrew J ^a   Oakes, Joanne M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Spartina; Trophic ecology; Variability

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0842265922     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1415-0     Document Type: Review

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