Seasonal changes in the stable isotope values of lake-dwelling chironomid larvae in relation to feeding and life cycle variability

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 681-689

  Grey, Jonathan ^a   Kelly, Andrew ^b,d   Ward, Susan ^b   Sommerwerk, Nike ^b   Jones, Roger I ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline indicator; Carbon; Chironomus; Eutrophic lake; Methane

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; ESTHWAITE WATER; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYRE VALLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS ANTHRACINUS; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 2542522425     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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