Diets of crustacean zooplankton, inferred from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses, in lakes with varying allochthonous dissolved organic carbon content

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 781-795

  Kankaala, Paula ^a,b   Taipale, Sami ^c   Li, Lu ^c   Jones, Roger I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algal food; Allochthonous organic matter; Bacterial food; Boreal lakes; IsoSource model; Stable isotope analyses; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD SUPPLY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 78349310176     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-010-9316-x     Document Type: Article

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