Fatty acid and stable isotope biomarkers suggest microbe-induced differences in benthic food webs between depths

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1451-1462

  Galloway, A W E ^a   Lowe, A T ^a   Sosik, E A ^a   Yeung, J S ^b   Duggins, D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMARKER; CONSPECIFIC; DETRITUS; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; MACROPHYTE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878751963     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.4.1451     Document Type: Article

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