Terrestrial carbon contribution to lake food webs: Could the classical stable isotope approach be misleading?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2719-2727

  Perga, Marie Elodie ^a,b   Kainz, Martin ^a,c   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^c Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 58149095607     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-172     Document Type: Article

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