Unravelling complexities in benthic food webs using a dual stable isotope (hydrogen and carbon) approach

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2243-2251

  Deines, Peter ^a,d   Wooller, Matthew J ^b   Grey, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoautotroph; Chironomid; Deuterium; Esthwaite; Methane

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 70349876461     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02259.x     Document Type: Article

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