Examining the utility of bulk otolith δ13C to describe diet in wild-caught black rockfish sebastes melanops

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-208

  von Biela, Vanessa R ^a   Newsome, Seth D ^b   Zimmerman, Christian E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Food web; Isotopes; Kelp; Micromill; Nearshore; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

SEBASTES MELANOPS;

EID: 84924916171     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00621     Document Type: Article

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