Carbon source accounting for fish using combined DNA and stable isotope analyses in a regulated lowland river weir pool

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-212

  Hardy, Christopher M ^a   Krull, Evelyn S ^a   Hartley, Diana M ^a   Oliver, Roderick L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Carbon; Food webs; Microarray; Murray River; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA MICROARRAY; ECOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA; ECOLOGY; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72849111028     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04411.x     Document Type: Article

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