Geographical variations in the trophic ecology of Japanese anchovy, Engraulis japonicus, inferred from carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 557-568

  Tanaka, Hiroshige ^a,b   Takasuka, Akinori ^c   Aoki, Ichiro ^a   Ohshimo, Seiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUPEOID; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TRANSITION ZONE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO REGION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BIVALVIA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS JAPONICUS;

EID: 42449164613     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0949-4     Document Type: Article

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