Stable isotopes reveal trophic relationships and diet of consumers in temperate kelp forest and coral reef ecosystems

Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 181-189

  Page, Henry M ^a   Brooks, Andrew J ^a   Kulbicki, Miche L ^b   Galzin, René ^c   Miller, Robert J ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Koenigs, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (France)

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EID: 84881483258     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.61     Document Type: Article

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