Evidence supporting the importance of terrestrial carbon in a large-river food web

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1733-1743

  Zeug, Steven C ^a   Winemiller, Kirk O ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazos River; Floodplain; Food web; IsoSource; Isotopes; Oxbow lakes; Texas; USA

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CONNECTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXBOW LAKE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BRAZOS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

CARBON;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; TIME;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CARBON; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549083273     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1064.1     Document Type: Article

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