Stable isotope analysis of trophic position and terrestrial vs. marine carbon sources for juvenile Pacific salmonids in nearshore marine habitats

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Romanuk, Tamara N ^a,b   Levings, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Salmonids; Stable isotope analysis; Supra littoral; Terrestrial derived carbon; Trophic hierarchy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL WATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 16344379762     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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