Stable isotopes as indicators of carbon flows and trophic structure of the benthic food web in a subarctic lake

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-344

  Gu, Binhe ^a   Alexander, Vera ^b   Schell, Donald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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