Seasonal shifts between autochthonous and allochthonous carbon contributions to zooplankton diets in a subarctic lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1513-1524

  Rautio, Milla ^a,b   Mariash, Heather ^a   Forsströma, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; DIET; FLAGELLATE; FOOD INTAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONALITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; SURVIVAL; ZOOPLANKTON;

FINLAND; LAKE SAANAJARVI; LAPPI [FINLAND];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYCLOPS ABYSSORUM; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA UMBRA; EUDIAPTOMUS GRACILOIDES;

EID: 79961025578     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1513     Document Type: Article

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