Benthos as the basis for arctic lake food webs

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-445

  Sierszen, Michael E ^a   McDonald, Michael E ^b   Jensen, Douglas A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Minnesota Sea Grant College Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Oligotrophy; Stable isotopes; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TOOLIK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 1642566540     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000007042.09767.dd     Document Type: Article

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