13C and 15N depletion in components of a foodweb from an ephemeral boreal wetland compared to boreal lakes: Putative evidence for microbial processes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 439, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-6

  France, R L ^a   Schlaepfer, M A ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect larvae; Stable isotope analysis; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE; NITROGEN; WETLAND;

CANADA;

EID: 0034668694     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004131228183     Document Type: Article

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