Site-specific methane production and subsequent midge mediation within Esthwaite Water, UK

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 317-334

  Deines, Peter ^a   Grey, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chironomus; Food webs; Methanotrophy; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FLY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METHANE; SITE SELECTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; ESTHWAITE WATER; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 33750204800     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0167-0317     Document Type: Article

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