A new method to reconstruct fish diet and movement patterns from δ 13C values in otolith amino acids

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1330-1340

  McMahon, Kelton W ^a   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Johnson, Beverly J ^c   Houghton, Leah A ^a   Thorrold, Simon R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARAGONITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; DIET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; OTOLITH; PERCIFORM; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ANTHOZOA; LUTJANUS EHRENBERGII; PISCES;

EID: 80052066835     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-070     Document Type: Article

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