Terrestrial, benthic, and pelagic resource use in lakes: Results from a three-isotope Bayesian mixing model

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1115-1125

  Solomon, Christopher T ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Clayton, Murray K ^c   Cole, Jonathan J ^d   Coloso, James J ^e   Pace, Michael L ^f   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^b   Weidel, Brian C ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Cross habitat linkages; Deuterium; Dissolved organic carbon; Ecosystem; Light extinction; Stable isotope; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DEUTERIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

PISCES;

EID: 79952178975     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1185.1     Document Type: Article

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