Ontogenetic shift in crayfish δ13C as a measure of land- water ecotonal coupling

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-242

  France, Robert ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allochthonous detritus; Crayfish; Ontogeny; 13C

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES VIRILIS; DECAPODA;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CRAYFISH;

CANADA, CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0029662392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327908     Document Type: Article

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