Diet-dependent δ13C and δ15N fractionation among sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus tissues: Implications for food web models

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 462, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-190

  Prado, Patricia ^a,b   Carmichael, Ruth H ^c,d   Watts, Stephen A ^e   Cebrian, Just ^c,d   Heck, Kenneth L ^c,d  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Diet quality; Macroalgae; Omnivory; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ECHINODERM; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OMNIVORY; PROTEIN; RED ALGA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEAGRASS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84865437155     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09786     Document Type: Article

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