Testing the long-term stability of marine isoscapes in shelf seas using jellyfish tissues

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 441-454

  MacKenzie, K M ^a   Longmore, C ^a   Preece, C ^a   Lucas, C H ^a   Trueman, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food web; Movement; North Sea; Stable isotope; Trophic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 84918825414     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0011-1     Document Type: Article

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