Seasonality of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes within the pelagic food web of Taihu Lake

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Zeng, Q F ^a,b   Kong, F X ^a   Zhang, E L ^a   Tan, X ^a,b   Wu, X D ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Pelagic food web; Seasonal cycle; Spatial variation; Stable isotope; Taihu Lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEASONALITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; TAIHU LAKE; ZHIHUGANG ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41849084536     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn:2008019     Document Type: Article

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