Development of a stable-isotope constraint system for estuarine food-web models

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 303, Issue , 2005, Pages 73-90

  Eldridge, Peter M ^a   Cifuentes, Luis A ^b   Kaldy, James E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Estuarine processes; Food webs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 29244478634     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps303073     Document Type: Article

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