Stable carbon and nitrogen incorporation in blood and fin tissue of the catfish Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-133

  German, Donovan P ^a,b   Miles, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritus; Diet shift; Food deprivation; Isotopic discrimination; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BLOOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATABOLISM; DETRITUS; DIET; JUVENILE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST;

LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 77956651222     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-010-9703-0     Document Type: Article

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