Primary consumer δ13C and δ15N and the trophic position of aquatic consumers

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1395-1404

  Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic consumers; Baseline; Food chains; Food webs; Primary consumers; Stable isotopes; Trophic position; Trophic structure; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CANADA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC;

EID: 0033002644     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1395:pccana]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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