Sources of organic carbon supporting the food web of an arid zone floodplain river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 619-635

  Bunn, Stuart E ^a   Davies, Peter M ^b   Winning, Michelle ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dryland rivers; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Stable isotope analysis; Waterholes

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0242584887     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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