Variation among diets in discrimination of δ13C and δ15N in the amphipod Allorchestes compressa

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 370-377

  Crawley, Karen R ^a,b   Hyndes, Glenn A ^a   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^a,c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Oceanica Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Food webs; Macrophytes; Stable isotopes; Wrack

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALLORCHESTES COMPRESSA; AMPHIPODA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34547656016     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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