Effects of water velocity on algal carbon isotope ratios: Implications for river food web studies

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1198-1203

  Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Power, Mary E ^a   Cabana, Gilbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER FLOW;

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; FLOW VELOCITY; FOOD WEB; RIVER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032805374     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.5.1198     Document Type: Article

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