Use of isotopic signatures to assess the food web in a tropical shallow marine ecosystem of Southeastern Brazil

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-390

  Corbisier, T N ^a   Soares, L S H ^a   Petti, M A V ^a   Muto, E Y ^a   Silva, M H C ^a   McClelland, J ^b   Valiela, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Food web; Southeastern Brazil; Stable isotopes; Tropical coastal area

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTODETRITUS; SHALLOW WATER;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UBATUBA BAY;

CEPHALOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 33749033642     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-006-9033-7     Document Type: Article

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