Characterizing dietary variability and trophic positions of coastal calanoid copepods: Insight from stable isotopes and fatty acids

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-237

  El Sabaawi, Rana ^a,c   Dower, John F ^a   Kainz, Martin ^b   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FATTY ACID; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZOOPLANKTON;

NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; CALANUS MARSHALLAE; COPEPODA; EUCALANUS BUNGII; EUCHAETA ELONGATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS;

EID: 58549090874     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-1073-1     Document Type: Article

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