Evidence for the role of methane-derived carbon in a free-flowing, lowland river food web

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1541-1547

  Trimmer, Mark ^a   Hildrew, Alan G ^a   Jackson, Michelle C ^a   Pretty, James L ^a,b   Grey, Jonathan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CADDISFLY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; FOOD WEB; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUPERSATURATION;

AGAPETUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMARUS;

EID: 67949107928     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1541     Document Type: Article

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