An evaluation of deuterium as a food source tracer in temperate streams of eastern Canada

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 885-893

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a   Kidd, Karen A ^a   Cunjak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alder; Biofilm; Diet tissue fractionation; Exchangeable h; Hydrogen; Lipids; Mixing models; Signal to noise

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEUTERIUM; DIET; EXTRACTION METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF; LIPID; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRACER;

CANADA;

ALNUS; GERRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 77957781839     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-046.1     Document Type: Article

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