Approach to determine individual trophic level and the difference in food sources of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus in Sagami Bay, based on compound-specific nitrogen stable isotope analysis of amino acids

Fisheries Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1053-1062

  Miyachi, Shunsaku ^a   Mayahara, Takeyuki ^a   Tsushima, Kouji ^a   Sasada, Katsuhiro ^a   Kohno, Eiichi ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^b   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^b   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

AA method; Food web structure; Isotopic baseline; Migratory fish; Stable isotope analysis; TLGlu Phe; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947126124     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12562-015-0923-2     Document Type: Article

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