Changes in carbon stable isotope ratios during periphyton development

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2360-2369

  Hill, Walter R ^a   Middleton, R Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; PERIPHYTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM;

EID: 33749491036     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2360     Document Type: Article

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