Potential influence of water level changes on energy flows in a lake food web

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2794-2802

  Wang, Yu Yu ^a,b   Yu, Xiu Bo ^a   Li, Wen Hua ^a   Xu, Jun ^c,d   Chen, Yu Wei ^e   Fan, Na ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

IsoSource model; Poyang Lake; seasonal food sources; stable isotopes; water level

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051997976     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4649-y     Document Type: Article

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