Absence or masking of metabolic fractionations of 13C in a freshwater benthic food web

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  France, R L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FOOD WEB; METABOLIC FRACTIONATION;

CANADA, CANADIAN SHIELD;

EID: 0030304328     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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