Is the relationship between body size and trophic niche position time-invariant in a predatory fish? First stable isotope evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Nakazawa, Takefumi ^a,b   Sakai, Yoichiro ^a   Hsieh, Chih Hao ^b,c   Koitabashi, Tadatoshi ^a   Tayasu, Ichiro ^a   Yamamura, Norio ^d   Okuda, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER FISH; JAPAN; LAKE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC NICHE POSITION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME;

GYMNOGOBIUS ISAZA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; JAPAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERCIFORMES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949417496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009120     Document Type: Article

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