Stable nitrogen isotopes reveal weak dependence of trophic position of planktivorous fish on individual size: A consequence of omnivorism and mobility

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 281-293

  Bode, Antonio ^a   Carrera, Pablo ^a   Porteiro, Carmela ^b  

^a Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

15N; Food web; Pelagic fish; Plankton; Stable isotopes; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; CLUPEIDAE; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 34547598146     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08022-8     Document Type: Review

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