Expanding the isotopic toolbox: Applications of hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios to food web studies

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Vander Zanden, Hannah B ^a   Soto, David X ^b   Bowen, Gabriel J ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

18 oxygen; Deuterium; Diet; Drinking water; Isotopic discrimination; Nutrient transfer; Physiology; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060313540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296701X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00020     Document Type: Review

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