Linear relationship between carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios along simple food chains in marine environments

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Aita, Maki Noguchi, Tadokoro, Kazuaki, Ogawa, Nanako O., Hyodo, Fujio, Ishii, Reiichiro, Smith, S. Lan, Saino, Toshiro, Kishi, Michio J., Saitoh, Sei-Ichi, Wada, Eitaro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2011
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Gulf of Alaska; Oyashio; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbr070v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr070

To examine the relationship between carbon and nitrogen stable isotope (SI) ratios ( δ 13C and δ 15N) of zooplankton, we analyzed samples collected bimonthly from March to October 2009, from the euphotic layers of the Oyashio current along the A-line in the western North Pacific. Isotopic ratios of...