Consequences of employing amino acid vs. bulk-tissue, stable isotope analysis: A laboratory trophic position experiment

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bowes, R E ^a   Thorp, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound specific stable isotope analysis; Food chain length; Fractionation; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 84922051634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00423.1     Document Type: Article

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