Reconstructing δ13C isoscapes of phytoplankton production in a coastal upwelling system with amino acid isotope values of littoral mussels

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 504, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-72

  Vokhshoori, Natasha L ^a   Larsen, Thomas ^b   McCarthy, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

California; Carbon isotopes; Compound specific isotope analysis; Isoscape; Mytilus californianus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RECONSTRUCTION; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902194274     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10746     Document Type: Article

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