Terrestrial support of detritivorous fish populations decreases with watershed size

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Babler, Allison L ^a,b   Pilati, Alberto ^a,c   Vanni, Michael J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Algae; Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Carbon; Deuterium; Dorosoma cepedianum; Gizzard shad; Isotopes; Lakes; Ohio; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871040960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00043.1     Document Type: Article

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