Food web dynamics in an Australian Wet Tropics river

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 909-917

  Rayner, Thomas S ^a,c   Pusey, Bradley J ^b   Pearson, Richard G ^a   Godfrey, Paul C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

connectance; disturbance; flood; movement; pulse; scaling; seasonality

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONNECTIVITY; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FLOODING; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PREY PREFERENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955789867     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09202     Document Type: Article

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