Influence of environmental gradients on C and N stable isotope ratios in coral reef biota of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 379-394

  Kürten, Benjamin ^a   Al Aidaroos, Ali M ^b   Struck, Ulrich ^c   Khomayis, Hisham Sulaiman ^b   Gharbawi, Waleed Yousef ^b   Sommer, Ulrich ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecohydrography; Guild; Isoscapes; Latitudinal gradient; SIAR; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL REEF; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GUILD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; PISCES; TRIDACNA SQUAMOSA;

EID: 84887823505     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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