On the Use of Stable Isotopes to Elucidate Energy Flow Pathways from Organisms to Ecosystems

• Other Authors: Nelson, James Allen (authoraut), Chanton, Jeffery (professor directing dissertation), Miller, Thomas (university representative), Landing, William (committee member), Thistle, David (committee member), Coleman, Felicia (committee member), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Oceanography; Atmospheric sciences; Geophysics; Coleman; Red drum; Sciaenops ocellatus
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5067; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A183038/datastream/TN/view/On%20the%20Use%20of%20Stable%20Isotopes%20to%20Elucidate%20Energy%20Flow%20Pathways%20from%20Organisms%20to%20Ecosystems.jpg

The primary goal of this dissertation was to explore the use of stable isotope analysis as a tool to understand how energy flows at several layers of biological organization from the individual to the ecosystem level. With the exception of phosphorus, the primary elements that are utilized by living...