Mass flux calculations show strong Allochthonous support of freshwater Zooplankton production is unlikely

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brett, Michael T ^a   Arhonditsis, George B ^b   Chandra, Sudeep ^c   Kainz, Martin J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON METABOLISM; FRESHWATER SPECIES; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; LAKES; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84862745326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039508     Document Type: Article

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