Carbon From Periphyton Supports Fish Biomass In Waterholes Of A Wet-Dry Tropical River

River Research and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-573

  Jardine, T D ^a   Hunt, R J ^b   Faggotter, S J ^a   Valdez, D ^a   Burford, M A ^a   Bunn, S E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Detritus; Phytoplankton; Stable isotopes; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON; DETRITUS; FISH; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LATES CALCARIFER; METAZOA; OXYELEOTRIS; PISCES;

EID: 84878943230     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2554     Document Type: Article

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