Carbon source and trophic position of pelagic fish in coastal waters of south-eastern Izu Peninsula, Japan, identified by stable isotope analysis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 593-608

  Takai, Noriyuki ^a   Hirose, Noriyuki ^a   Osawa, Takuya ^a   Hagiwara, Kazuyuki ^a   Kojima, Takahito ^a   Okazaki, Yuji ^b   Kuwae, Tomohiro ^c   Taniuchi, Toru ^a   Yoshihara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon source; Izu Peninsula; Pelagic fish; Stable isotope; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 34250215323     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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