Shoreline urbanization interrupts allochthonous subsidies to a benthic consumer over a gradient of lake size

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-554

  Larson, Eric R ^a   Olden, Julian D ^a   Usio, Nisikawa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Lakes; Resource subsidy; Stable isotopes; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BENTHOS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CRAYFISH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SHORELINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; URBANIZATION;

ECOSYSTEM; LAKES; URBANIZATION;

ASTACOIDEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 80051673921     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0089     Document Type: Article

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