An elemental and stable isotope assessment of water strider feeding ecology and lipid dynamics: Synthesis of laboratory and field studies

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2192-2205

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Polhemus, John T ^b   Cunjak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Colorado Entomological Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius remigis; C N; Diet tissue fractionation; Organic matter; Stable isotopes; Streams

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS REMIGIS; GERRIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 53249144173     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02044.x     Document Type: Article

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