A low trophic position of Japanese eel larvae indicates feeding on marine snow

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Michael J ^a   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^b   Ogawa, Nanako O ^b   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^c   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid nitrogen isotopes; Japanese eel; Leptocephali; Particulate organic matter; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EEL; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE;

ANGUILLA (FISH); ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGUILLA; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTAMIC ACID; LARVA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHENYLALANINE;

EID: 84872045432     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0826     Document Type: Article

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