Stable isotope analyses and demographic responses counter prospects of planktivory by Caridina (Decapoda: Atyidae) in Lake Victoria

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 270-278

  Hart, Rob C ^a   Campbell, Linda M ^b   Hecky, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

African Great Lakes; Aquatic macroinvertebrate; Detritivory; Perturbed ecosystem; Trophic role

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLT; PLANKTIVORY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVORSHIP;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARIDINA; CRUSTACEA; CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LATES NILOTICUS; SIA; VICTORIA; VOSSIA CUSPIDATA;

EID: 0042209812     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1261-0     Document Type: Article

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