Stable isotopes indicate individual level trophic diversity in the freshwater gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 384-388

  Doi, Hideyuki ^a,c   Yurlova, Natalia I ^b   Kikuchi, Eisuke ^a   Shikano, Shuichi ^a   Yadrenkina, Elena N ^b   Vodyanitskaya, Svetlana N ^b   Zuykova, Elena I ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GASTROPOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROHABITAT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ONTOGENY; PARASITIC DISEASE; RESOURCE USE; SNAIL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

AMPHIPODA; CERIODAPHNIA SP.; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS;

EID: 78049252830     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: 14643766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyq020     Document Type: Article

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