Carbon sources of fish in an Amazonian floodplain lake

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-238

  Oliveira, A Cristina B ^a   Soares, M Gercilia M ^b   Martinelli, L Antonio ^c   Moreira, M Zacarias ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon floodplain; Carbon; Feeding habits; Food source; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CARBON BUDGET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CICHLA MONOCULUS; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYLOSSOMA DURIVENTRE; PROCHILODUS NIGRICANS; SCHIZODON FASCIATUS; TRIPORTHEUS ANGULATUS;

EID: 33745260690     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-006-0808-7     Document Type: Article

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