Pathways of organic carbon utilization in small lakes: Results from a whole-lake 13C addition and coupled model

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1664-1675

  Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Kitchell, James F ^b   Pace, Michael L ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONY; AUTOCHTHONY; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

EID: 0036867106     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1664     Document Type: Article

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