Environmental factors affecting incorporation of terrestrial material into large river food webs

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 283-298

  Roach, Katherine A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood pulse concept; Food web; Isotopes; Large river; River continuum concept; Riverine productivity model

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID; FISH; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; GRASS; MICROBIAL LOOP; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; TURBIDITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; METAZOA; POACEAE;

EID: 84876332930     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-063.1     Document Type: Article

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