Tracking large-scale latitudinal patterns of d13C and d15 N along the E Pacific using epi-mesopelagic squid as indicators

Ecosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ruiz Cooley, R I ^a,c   Gerrodette, T ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumers; Dosidicus gigas; nitrogen and carbon cycling; ocean currents; stable isotopes; Sthenoteuthis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893786685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00094.1     Document Type: Article

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