Estimating the feeding range of a mobile consumer in a river-flood plain system using δ 13C gradients and parasites

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1313-1323

  Bertrand, Micheline ^a   Cabana, Gilbert ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^b   Magnan, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological tag; Fluvial lake; Food web dynamic; Foodshed; Predator movement; Spatial gradient; Stable isotopes; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PARASITE; PERCIFORM; PERIPHYTON; PLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RIVER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERCHES; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUEBEC; ZOOPLANKTON;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 80955180938     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01861.x     Document Type: Article

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