Does δ15N in river food webs reflect the intensity and origin of N loads from the watershed?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 968-978

  Anderson, Caroline ^a   Cabana, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Human; Isotope; Manure; Nitrogen; Watershed

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; MANURES; NITROGEN; WATERSHEDS;

AQUATIC BIOTA; FOOD WEBS; HUMAN; PREDATORY INVERTEBRATES;

WATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN 15; TRACER; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; FERTILIZER; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; MANURE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATERSHED;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COW; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SWINE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERSHED; ANIMAL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; STATISTICS;

FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; MANURE; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE LOWLANDS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

EID: 33746714412     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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