Stable isotope signatures of benthic invertebrates in arctic lakes indicate limited coupling to pelagic production

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 177-188

  Hershey, A E ^a   Beaty, S ^a   Fortino, K ^b   Kelly, S ^a   Keyse, M ^a   Luecke, C ^c   O'Brien, W J ^a   Whalen, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARCTIC;

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINI; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 32944479809     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0177     Document Type: Article

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