Tracing energy flow in stream food webs using stable isotopes of hydrogen

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 941-951

  Finlay, Jacques C ^a,b   Doucett, Richard R ^a   Mcneely, Camille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy flow; Food webs; Stable isotopes; Subsidies; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 77953116344     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02327.x     Document Type: Article

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