Whole-lake dissolved inorganic 13C additions reveal seasonal shifts in zooplankton diet

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 463-474

  Taipale, Sami ^a   Kankaala, Paula ^b   Tiirola, Marja ^a   Jones, Roger I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allochthonous organic carbon; Carbon; Daphnia longispina; Dissolved inorganic carbon; IsoSource model; Methanotrophic bacteria; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY SHIFT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EPILIMNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOTROPHY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWARE; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DAPHNIA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; RIVER; SEASON; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DAPHNIA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SEASONS; ZOOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA LONGISPINA;

EID: 42249109223     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0702.1     Document Type: Article

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