Stable carbon isotope ratios in Red Sea barnacles (Cirripedia) as an indicator of their food source

The stable isotope ratio 12C/13C was used to investigate the source of carbon in free-living barnacles and in coral-inhabiting barnacles From the Red Sea, The delta13C of most of the barnacles collected on the open shoreranges between -17.5 and -19.7 0/00, indicating relative enrichment of light car...

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Published inMarine biology Vol. 130; no. 2; pp. 243 - 247
Main Authors ACHITUV, Y, BRICKNER, I, EREZ, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Springer 01.12.1997
Berlin Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Aquatic life
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Carbon
Cirripedia
Food
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Isotopes
Marine
Marine biology
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Red Sea
ISW, Red Sea
Coral reef
Zoobenthos
Carbon
Crustacea
Marine environment
Investigation method
Diet
Arthropoda
Cirripedia
Habitat
Invertebrata
Isotopes
Zooplankton
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Summary:The stable isotope ratio 12C/13C was used to investigate the source of carbon in free-living barnacles and in coral-inhabiting barnacles From the Red Sea, The delta13C of most of the barnacles collected on the open shoreranges between -17.5 and -19.7 0/00, indicating relative enrichment of light carbon originating from the open-sea phytoplankton.
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ISSN:0025-3162
1432-1793
DOI:10.1007/s002270050244