Spatial scales of carbon flow in a river food web

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1845-1859

  Finlay, Jacques C ^a,b   Khandwala, Sapna ^a,c   Power, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Stillwater Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios; Carbon flow; Oncorhynchus mykiss; River food webs; Scraper and collector gatherer (SCG) taxa; Spatial scale; Steelhead trout; Terrestrial detritus; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; BAETIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HESPEROLEUCAS SYMMETRICUS; INVERTEBRATA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALMONIDAE; TARICHA GRANULOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037800360     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1845:SSOCFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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