Concentration-dependent Stable Isotope Analysis of Consumers in the Upper Reaches of a Freshwater-dominated Estuary: Apalachicola Bay, FL, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1406-1419

  Wilson, Rachel Marie ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey ^a   Lewis, F 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

Food web; Stable isotope; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; DETRITUS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOODING; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SHELLFISH; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APALACHICOLA BAY; APALACHICOLA RIVER; CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OSTREIDAE; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 77957656275     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9304-3     Document Type: Article

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