Experimental dietary manipulations for determining the relative importance of allochthonous and autochthonous food resources in tropical streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-147

  Lau, Danny C P ^a   Leung, Kenneth M Y ^a   Dudgeon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Fatty acids; Stable isotopes; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BROTIA HAINANENSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; GASTROPODA; HAMAMELIDACEAE; HAMAMELIDIDAE; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; PACHYCHILIDAE;

EID: 37149015693     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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