Consequences of large temporal variability of zooplankton δ15N for modeling fish trophic position and variation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1404-1414

  Matthews, Blake ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA;

EID: 25144514345     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.5.1404     Document Type: Review

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