Trophic interaction among organisms in a seagrass meadow ecosystem as revealed by bulk δ13C and amino acid δ15N analyses

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1426-1435

  Choi, Bohyung ^a   Ha, Sun Yong ^b   Lee, Jae Seong ^c   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^d,e   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^d   Shin, Kyung Hoon ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

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

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMINO ACID; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPLEXITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 85015233806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10508     Document Type: Article

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