Elemental composition of littoral invertebrates from oligotrophic and eutrophic Canadian lakes

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Frost, Paul C ^a,d   Tank, Suzanne E ^b   Turner, Michael A ^c   Elser, James J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Benthos; Body stoichiometry; C:N:P ratios

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CANADA;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037336856     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467977     Document Type: Article

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