Can amino acid carbon isotope ratios distinguish primary producers in a mangrove ecosystem?

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1541-1548

  Larsen, Thomas ^a,b   Wooller, Matthew J ^c   Fogel, Marilyn L ^d   O'Brien, Diane M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO-ACIDS; C VALUES; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; FOOD WEBS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COMBUSTION-ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYZE; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84861600308     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6259     Document Type: Article

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