Food-web dynamics and trophic-level interactions in a multispecies community of freshwater unionids

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 871-882

  Nichols, S J ^a   Garling, D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

HURON RIVER; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; PYGANODON GRANDIS;

EID: 0033907079     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-256     Document Type: Article

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