Dietary and stable isotope (δ 13C, δ 15N) analyses in alpine stream insects

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 314-331

  Füreder, Leopold ^a   Welter, Camille ^a   Jackson, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine streams; Aquatic insects; Gut content; Organic matter; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECT; NUTRIENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM;

AUFWUCHS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041707965     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200390028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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