Carbon pathways to zooplankton: Insights from the combined use of stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2041-2051

  Perga, Marie Elodie ^a,b   Kainz, Martin ^a,c   Matthews, Blake ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; Allochthonous carbon; Bacteria; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton feeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SP.;

EID: 33749824162     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01634.x     Document Type: Article

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