A stable carbon and nitrogen isotope study of lake food webs in Canada's Boreal Plain

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 465-477

  Beaudoin, Catherine P ^a,b,c   Prepas, Ellie E ^a,b,c   Tonn, William M ^a,b,c   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a,b,c   Kotak, Brian G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Carbon sources; Food webs; Omnivory; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

CANADA;

EID: 0035040109     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2001.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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