Spatial and temporal patterns of carbon flow in a temperate, large river food web

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 729, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-131

  Pingram, Michael A ^a,c   Collier, Kevin J ^a,b   Hamilton, David P ^a   Hicks, Brendan J ^a   David, Bruno O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Carbon flow; IsoSource; Stable isotope analysis; Waikato River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870926602     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1408-2     Document Type: Article

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