Diet of the crayfish Paranephrops zealandicus in bush and pasture streams: Insights from stable isotopes and stomach analysis

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-142

  Hollows, John W ^a,c   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Collier, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Fish and Game New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon stable isotopes; Diet; Land use; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Paranephrops

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; DETRITUS; DIET; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

PARANEPHROPS ZEALANDICUS;

EID: 0036259320     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517076     Document Type: Article

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