Temporal and spatial variation in the δ15N and δ13C values of fish and squid from Alaskan waters

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2389-2404

  Kurle, Carolyn M ^a   Sinclair, Elizabeth H ^b   Edwards, Ann E ^b,c   Gudmundson, Carolyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CEPHALOPOD; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 80255139959     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1741-4     Document Type: Article

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