Combining organic matter source and relative trophic position Determinations to Explore trophic structure

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 999-1010

  Wilson, Rachel Marie ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey ^a   Lewis, Graham ^b   Nowacek, Douglas ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration dependence; Food web; Mixing model; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APALACHICOLA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70350072686     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9183-7     Document Type: Article

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