Rapid environmental change over the past decade revealed by isotopic analysis of the california mussel in the northeast pacific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Pfister, Catherine A ^a   McCoy, Sophie J ^a   Wootton, J Timothy ^a   Martin, Pamela A ^a   Colman, Albert S ^a   Archer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS; NONHUMAN; PH; SALINITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYTILUS; PACIFIC OCEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LINEAR MODELS; MYTILUS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053455446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025766     Document Type: Article

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