The influence of fluctuating ramping rates on the food web of boreal rivers

River Research and Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 962-974

  Marty, Jérôme ^a   Smokorowski, Karen ^b   Power, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food web; Ramping rate fluctuation; Regulated rivers; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FOOD WEB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349731440     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1194     Document Type: Article

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