Establishment of trophic continuum in the food web of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea ecosystem: Insight from carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 531-539

  Cai, Deling ^a   Li, Hongyan ^b   Tang, Qisheng ^c   Sun, Yao ^c  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; East china sea; Food web; Nitrogen isotope; Trophic continuum; Yellow sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MUSCLE; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 33746426358     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yc0136     Document Type: Article

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