Isotopic evidence and consequences of the role of microbes in macroalgae detritus-based food webs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 494, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-119

  Sosik, Elizabeth A ^a   Simenstad, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritus; Food webs; Isotopes; Kelp; Microbes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; BIOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 84889683374     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10544     Document Type: Article

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