Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages 740-750

  Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Kashiyama, Yuichiro ^a   Takano, Yoshinori ^a   Suga, Hisami ^a   Tomitani, Akiko ^a   Miyashita, Hideaki ^b   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77950245716     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2009.7.740     Document Type: Article

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