Food niches of cyclopoid copepods in eutrophic Plußsee determined by stable isotope analysis

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 167, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 301-316

  Santer, Barbara ^a   Sommerwerk, Nike ^a,b   Grey, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Queen Mary University of London ^*  (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Competition; Plankton; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PLUSSEE; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM; DIACYCLOPS BICUSPIDATUS; MESOCYCLOPS LEUKARTI; THERMOCYCLOPS OITHONOIDES;

EID: 33750206530     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2006/0167-0301     Document Type: Article

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