Strong evidence for terrestrial support of zooplankton in small lakes based on stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1975-1980

  Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Kitchell, Jim ^b   Pace, Michael L ^c   Solomon, Christopher T ^d   Weidel, Brian ^e  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthony; Terrestrial subsidy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; LEPTODIAPTOMUS;

EID: 79952132534     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012807108     Document Type: Article

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