Detecting trophic-level variation in consumer assemblages

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1942-1953

  Matthews, Blake ^a,b,c   Mazumder, Asit ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food webs; Stable isotopes; Trophic enrichment; Trophic position; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULICARIA; PULICARIA;

EID: 51249124409     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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