Seasonal changes in the importance of the source of organic matter to the diet of zooplankton in Loch Ness, as indicated by stable isotope analysis

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 505-513

  Grey, Jonathan ^a   Jones, Roger I ^a   Sleep, Darren ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

LOCH NESS; SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

DAPHNIA HYALINA; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILIS;

EID: 0035034223     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2001.46.3.0505     Document Type: Article

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