Temporal and spatial variation in ecosystem metabolism and food web carbon transfer in a wet-dry tropical river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-450

  Hunt, Richard J ^a   Jardine, Timothy D ^b   Hamilton, Stephen K ^c   Bunn, Stuart E ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Oligotrophic; Primary production; Respiration; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855881861     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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