Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in aquatic food webs are tracers of diet and provenance

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 535-543

  Soto, David X ^a,b   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Deuterium; Experimental; Fish; Isotopic assignment to origin; Oxygen 18; Trophic habits

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DEUTERIUM; DIET; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEIN; PROVENANCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELEOST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84875591039     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12054     Document Type: Article

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