Stable isotope evidence for the food web consequences of species invasions in lakes

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6752, 1999, Pages 464-467

  Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a,c   Casselman, John M ^b   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; ISOTOPE; LAKE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOOD WEB; LAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BASS; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROUT;

AMBLOPLITES RUPESTRIS; ANIMALIA; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0033619250     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46762     Document Type: Article

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