Less means more: Nutrient stress leads to higher δ15N ratios in fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1926-1931

  Bowes, Rachel E ^a   Lafferty, M Holliday ^a   Thorp, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Food chain length; Nitrogen; Starvation; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84904044541     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12396     Document Type: Article

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