The utility of carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses to trace contributions from fish farms to the receiving communities of freshwater lakes: A pilot study in Esthwaite Water, UK

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 524, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Grey, Jonathan ^a   Waldron, Susan ^b   Hutchinson, Rebecca ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benthos; carbon; fish farms; nitrogen; plankton; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTONS;

CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SALMONID CULTURE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; ESTHWAITE WATER; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DAPHNIA; LEPTODORA KINDTII; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 3943073185     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000036144.49795.dd     Document Type: Article

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