The structure of food webs along river networks

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-10

  Romanuk, Tamara N ^a,b   Jackson, Leland J ^a   Post, John R ^a   McCauley, Ed ^a   Martinez, Neo D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

EID: 33645019526     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04181.x     Document Type: Article

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