Stable isotope variation of a highly heterogeneous shallow freshwater system

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 327-336

  Zambrano, Luis ^a   Valiente, Elsa ^a   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carp; Exotic fish; Isotopes; Tilapia; Urban lake; Xochimilco

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITIES; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARP; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ECOSYSTEM VARIABILITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXOTIC FISHES; FOOD WEBS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; GUT CONTENTS; MEXICO CITY; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; SHALLOW SYSTEM; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; URBAN LAKE; XOCHIMILCO;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CANALS; FISH; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CANAL; CICHLID; CRAYFISH; CYPRINID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LAKE XOCHIMILCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARELLUS MONTEZUMAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES; SALAMANDROIDEA; TILAPIA;

EID: 77952011573     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0182-2     Document Type: Article

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