Methodological uncertainty in resource mixing models for generalist fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1083-1093

  Galvan D E ^a   Sweeting, C J ^b   Polunin, N V C ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet proportions; Food sources; Fractionation; Stable isotopes; Trophic enrichment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL REEF; FISH; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OMNIVORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PREDATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY;

PISCES;

EID: 84864276768     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2273-4     Document Type: Article

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