Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acid nitrogen reveals detrital support of microphytobenthos in the Dutch Wadden Sea benthic food web

Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acid nitrogen reveals detrital support of microphytobenthos in the Dutch Wadden Sea benthic food web

The Wadden Sea is the world’s largest intertidal ecosystem and provides vital food resources for a large number of migratory bird and fish species during seasonal stopovers. Previous work using bulk stable isotope analysis of carbon found that microphytobenthos (MPB) was the dominant resource fuelin...

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Main Authors: Philip M. Riekenberg, Tjisse van der Heide, Sander J. Holthuijsen, Henk W. van der Veer, Marcel T. J. van der Meer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
trophic discrimination
intertidal
diatoms
microbial loop
permeable sands
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.951047/full

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