Stable isotope tracing of trout hatchery carbon to sediments and foodwebs of limestone spring creeks

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Hurd, Todd M ^a   Jesic, Slaven ^a   Jerin, Jessica L ^a   Fuller, Nathan W ^a   Miller Jr , David ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Food webs; Karst springs; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FOOD WEBS; KARST SPRINGS; LIMESTONE SPRINGS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

CARBON; LIMESTONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AMPHIPOD; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; HATCHERY; ISOPOD; KARST; LIMESTONE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PREDATION; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EFFLUENT; FOOD WEB; HATCHERY; ISOTOPE TRACING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPRING; TROUT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CRUSTACEA; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PENNSYLVANIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SULFUR ISOTOPES; TROUT;

AMPHIPODA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; ISOPODA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 52949115268     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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