Seasonal δ13C and δ15N isoscapes of fish populations along a continental shelf trophic gradient

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-122

  Radabaugh, Kara R ^a   Hollander, David J ^a   Peebles, Ernst B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal migration; C and N pathways; Isoscape; Marine food web; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ECHINODERM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY SURVEY; FLATFISH; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION MIGRATION; RIVER PLUME; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES; WEST FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 84885154096     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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