Isotopic evidence for methane-based chemosynthesis in the Upper Floridan aquifer food web

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-96

  Opsahl, Stephen P ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caecidotea; Cambarus cryptodytes; Food webs; Haideotriton wallacei; Karst

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CAECIDOTEA; CAMBARUS CRYPTODYTES; HAIDEOTRITON WALLACEI; ISOPODA; PROTEUS ANGUINUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; ISOPODA; METABOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEORGIA; ISOPODA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; URODELA;

EID: 36348967392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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