Four decades of foraging history: Stock-specific variation in the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures of Alaskan sockeye salmon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 460, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-167

  Johnson, Susan P ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Climate; Food web; North Pacific Ocean; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPLEXITY; DECADAL VARIATION; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SALMONID FISHERY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84864345973     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09772     Document Type: Article

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