Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of macroinvertebrates in the littoral zone of Lake Biwa as indicators of anthropogenic activities in the watershed

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 847-855

  Karube, Zin'ichi ^a   Sakai, Yoichiro ^a   Takeyama, Tomohiro ^a,c   Okuda, Noboru ^a   Kohzu, Ayato ^a,b,d   Yoshimizu, Chikage ^a,b   Nagata, Toshi ^a,e   Tayasu, Ichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benthos; Eutrophication; Lake Biwa; Material loading; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC INFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PADDY FIELD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAIL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRIBUTARY; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; SEMISULCOSPIRA; UNIO; UNIO DOUGLASIAE;

EID: 77954455386     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0715-1     Document Type: Article

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