Relative importance of carbon sources for macroinvertebrates in a Rocky Mountain stream

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 742-752

  McCutchan Jr , James H ^a   Lewis Jr , William M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FEEDING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

COLORADO; NORTH SAINT VRAIN CREEK; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036094523     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.3.0742     Document Type: Article

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