Experimental δ13C evidence for a contribution of methane to pelagic food webs in lakes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2821-2827

  Kankaala, Paula ^a   Taipale, Sami ^b   Grey, Jonathan ^c   Sonninen, Eloni ^a   Arvola, Lauri ^a   Jones, Roger I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA;

EID: 33845382395     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.6.2821     Document Type: Article

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