Effects of nutrient enrichment on C and N stable isotope ratios of invertebrates, fish and their food resources in boreal streams

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 628, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-79

  Bergfur, Jenny ^a,b   Johnson, Richard K ^a   Sandin, Leonard ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Boreal streams; CPOM; Fish; FPOM; Invertebrates; Nutrients; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

BOREAL STREAMS; CPOM; FPOM; INVERTEBRATES; PERIPHYTON;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; FISH; FLYWHEEL PROPULSION; ISOTOPES; MEATS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON; FISH; FOOD WEB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PERIPHYTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349214383     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9746-4     Document Type: Article

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