Linear relationship between carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios along simple food chains in marine environments

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1629-1642

  Aita, Maki Noguchi ^a,b   Tadokoro, Kazuaki ^c   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Hyodo, Fujio ^d   Ishii, Reiichiro ^a   Smith, S Lan ^a   Saino, Toshiro ^a   Kishi, Michio J ^a,b   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^b   Wada, Eitaro ^a  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon; food chain; isotopic fractionation; nitrogen; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 80053519840     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbr070     Document Type: Article

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