Body-size dependent temporal variations in nitrogen stable isotope ratios in food webs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 370, Issue , 2008, Pages 199-206

  Jennings, Simon ^a,b   Maxwell, Tracy A D ^a   Schratzberger, Michaela ^a   Milligan, Steve P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Food web; Stable isotope analysis; Stoichiometry; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 56749149876     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07653     Document Type: Article

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