Experimental determination of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation between mangrove leaves and crabs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-105

  Herbon, Carolin M ^a   Nordhaus, Inga ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Consumption rate; Discrimination factor; Food preference; Fractionation; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRAB; DIET; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEAF; MANGROVE; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84884527349     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10421     Document Type: Article

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