Stable nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals food web structure in stream ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 911-922

  Ishikawa, Naoto F ^a,d   Kato, Yoshikazu ^a   Togashi, Hiroyuki ^b,e   Yoshimura, Mayumi ^c   Yoshimizu, Chikage ^a   Okuda, Noboru ^a   Tayasu, Ichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic animals; Compound specific isotope analysis; Periphyton; Terrestrial C3 litter; Two source mixing model

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; C3 PLANT; FISH; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIXING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PERIPHYTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PISCES; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; RIVER;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS;

EID: 84902815733     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2936-4     Document Type: Article

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