Lake secondary production fueled by rapid transfer of low molecular weight organic carbon from terrestrial sources to aquatic consumers

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 870-880

  Berggren, M ^a   Strom L ^b   Laudon, H ^c   Karlsson, J ^a   Jonsson, A ^a   Giesler, R ^a   Bergstrom A K ^a   Jansson, M ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allochthony; Lake secondary production; Low molecular weight organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER;

ALLOCHTHONY; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLITE; METAZOAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CARBON; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954701952     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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