Food webs in forest and pasture streams in the Waikato region, New Zealand: A study based on analyses of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen, and fish gut contents

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 651-664

  Hicks, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fish; Food webs; Invertebrates; Land use; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000793670     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516796     Document Type: Article

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