Influence of functional feeding groups and spatiotemporal variables on the δ15N signature of littoral macroinvertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 647, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Cremona, Fabien ^a   Planas, Dolors ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food webs; Littoral zone; Macroinvertebrates; St. Lawrence River; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; LITTORAL ZONE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; STABLE ISOTOPES;

FEEDING; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LAND USE; MAMMALS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; RIVERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ECOLOGY;

ENERGY FLUX; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; PREDATOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATERSHED;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952008855     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9798-5     Document Type: Article

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