Trophic structure and food resources of epipelagic and mesopelagic fishes in the north pacific subtropical Gyre ecosystem inferred from nitrogen isotopic compositions

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1156-1171

  Choy, C Anela ^a,b   Popp, Brian N ^a   Hannides, Cecelia C S ^a   Drazen, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; GYRE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICRONEKTON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

GEMPYLIDAE; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 84946725138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10085     Document Type: Article

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