δ13C and δ15N of particulate organic matter in the Santa Barbara Channel: Drivers and implications for trophic inference

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 474, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-66

  Miller, Robert J ^a   Page, Henry M ^a   Brzezinski, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kelp detritus; Kelp forest; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Stable isotopes; Suspension feeders

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DETRITUS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KELP FOREST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874061679     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10098     Document Type: Article

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