Contribution of allochthonous carbon to American shad production in the Mattaponi River, Virginia, using stable isotopes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1034-1048

  Hoffman, Joel C ^a,b   Bronk, Deborah A ^a   Olney, John E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHONY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

MATTAPONI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA;

EID: 40949136096     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02841394     Document Type: Article

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