Potential of 14N isotope enrichment to resolve ambiguities in coastal trophic relationships

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-33

  Mutchler, Troy ^a   Sullivan, Michael J ^a   Fry, Brian ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Epiphytic algae; Food webs; Seagrass communities; Stable isotopes; Trophic dynamics; Water column fertilisation

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TRACER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; DECAPODA; FARFANTEPENAEUS; FARFANTEPENAEUS AZTECUS; HALICORYNE; HALICORYNE WRIGHTII; HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; HIPPOLYTIDAE; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PALAEMONIDAE; PENAEIDAE; TOZEUMA; TOZEUMA CAROLINENSE;

EID: 1342332639     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266027     Document Type: Article

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