Methane carbon supports aquatic food webs to the fish level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Sanseverino, Angela M ^a,b   Bastviken, David ^b   Sundh, Ingvar ^c   Pickova, Jana ^c   Enrich Prast, Alex ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DELTA CARBON 13; FATTY ACID; METHANE; METHANE CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANADORAS GRYPUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTYANAX CF BIMACULATUS; BRAZIL; CAMPSURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENICICHLA; CYPHOCHARAX; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FISH; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEPORINUS FRIDERICI; LIPID COMPOSITION; METHANE OXIDIZING BACTERIA; MICROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARAUCHENIPTERUS GALEATUS; POTAMORHINA SQUAMORALEVIS; STEINDACHNERINA BREVIPINNA; TETRAGONOPTERUS ARGENTEUS; ZOOPLANKTON;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LAKES; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84864655410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042723     Document Type: Article

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