Diet quality influences isotopic discrimination among amino acids in an aquatic vertebrate

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2048-2059

  Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a   Steffan, Shawn A ^b   Takano, Yoshinori ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Diet quality; Food web; Nitrogen isotopic composition; Trophic discrimination factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUFO JAPONICUS; GLYCERIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84929655041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1491     Document Type: Article

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