Energy sources and ecological role of crayfishes in an Ozark stream: Insights from stable isotopes and gut analysis

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2555-2563

  Whitledge, Gregory W ^a   Rabeni, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; ENERGETICS; PRODUCTION; STREAM ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC POSITION;

JACKS FORK RIVER; MISSOURI; USA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; DECAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORCONECTES LUTEUS; ORCONECTES PUNCTIMANUS; ORCONTECTES LUTEUS;

EID: 0031462254     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-173     Document Type: Article

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