Identifying trophic variation in a marine suspension feeder: DNA- and stable isotope-based dietary analysis in Mytilus spp.

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-490

  Maloy, Aaron P ^a,b   Nelle, Peter ^c,d   Culloty, Sarah C ^a   Slater, John W ^b   Harrod, Chris ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DIATOM; DIET; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; NORTHERN IRELAND; STRANGFORD LOUGH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; MYTILUS;

EID: 84872494542     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2105-4     Document Type: Article

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