Determination of zooplankton dietary shift following a zebra mussel invasion, as indicated by stable isotope analysis

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1310-1319

  Maguire, Caitriona M ^a,d   Grey, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EnviroCentre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archived; Carbon; Lough Erne; Stable isotope analysis; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; MUSSEL CULTURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; REDUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILIS; MYSIDA; MYSIS RELICTA;

EID: 33745098624     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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