Fatty Acid Composition at the Base of Aquatic Food Webs Is Influenced by Habitat Type and Watershed Land Use

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Larson, James H ^a   Richardson, William B ^a   Knights, Brent C ^a   Bartsch, Lynn A ^a   Bartsch, Michelle R ^a   Nelson, John C ^a   Veldboom, Jason A ^a   Vallazza, Jon M ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGAL GROWTH; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREISSENA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAKE; LAND USE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; TRICHOPTERA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

EID: 84881107428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070666     Document Type: Article

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