Stable isotope analyses of food web structure and fish diet in Napoleon and Winam gulfs, Lake Victoria, East Africa

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 243-257

  Campbell, Linda M ^a,c   Hecky, Robert E ^a   Wandera, Sylvester B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b National Fisheries Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic food webs; Lake Victoria; Nile perch; Nile tilapia; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; FISHERIES; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN; NUTRITION;

FOOD WEB STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

LAKES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DIET; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ATYIDAE; CARIDINA; CARIDINA NILOTICA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA; YSSICHROMIS; YSSICHROMIS LAPAROGRAMA;

EID: 0037938444     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70552-8     Document Type: Article

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