Incorporation of marine-derived nutrients from petrel breeding colonies into stream food webs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 576-586

  Harding, Jon S ^a   Hawke, David J ^b   Holdaway, Richard N ^c   Winterbourn, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; New Zealand; Procellariidae; Stable isotopes; Streams

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CICONIIFORMES; EPHEMEROPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA WESTLANDICA; PROCELLARIIDAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 2342530959     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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