Quantitative estimates of isopod resource utilization using a Bayesian fatty acid mixing model

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 507, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-232

  Galloway, A W E ^a,c   Eisenlord, M E ^a   Dethier, M N ^a   Holtgrieve, G W ^b   Brett, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing model; Biomarker trophic enrichment; Fatty acids; Feeding trial; Idotea wosnesenskii; Quantitative diet estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904497064     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10860     Document Type: Article

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