Stable carbon isotope ratios differentiate autotrophs supporting animal diversity in Lake Baikal

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 509-516

  Kiyashko, Serguei I ^a   Richard, Pierre ^b   Chandler, Thomas ^c   Kozlova, Tatiana A ^d   Williams, Douglas F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Food webs; Lake Baikal; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032104466     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(98)80783-X     Document Type: Article

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