The effect of water velocity on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures of periphyton

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2194-2199

  Trudeau, Véronique ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FLOW VELOCITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERIPHYTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER FLOW;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0347604434     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.6.2194     Document Type: Article

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