Unionid mussels as stable isotope baseline indicators for long-lived secondary consumers in pelagic food web comparisons

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Vuorio, Kristiina ^a   Tarvainen, Marjo ^a   Sarvala, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Anodonta; Baseline; Pseudanodonta; Unio

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; FILTER FEEDING; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANODONTA; ANODONTA ANATINA; ANODONTA SP.; DAPHNIA; PSEUDANODONTA; PSEUDANODONTA COMPLANATA; UNIO; UNIO PICTORUM; UNIO TUMIDUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 34848912807     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2007/0169-0237     Document Type: Article

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