Quantification of zooplankton trophic position in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre using stable nitrogen isotopes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-61

  Hannides, Cecelia C S ^a,c   Popp, Brian N ^a   Landry, Michael R ^b   Graham, Brittany S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; GYRE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; EUCHAETA RIMANA; NEOCALANUS ROBUSTIOR; OITHONA; PLEUROMAMMA XIPHIAS;

EID: 61649121909     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0050     Document Type: Article

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