Variability in σ15N natural abundance of basal resources in fluvial ecosystems: A meta-analysis

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1003-1015

  Peipoch, Marc ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^a   Gacia, Esperança ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

basal resources; food web; land use; nitrogen; river; stable isotopes; stream

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROPHYTE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE;

EID: 84884238398     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-157.1     Document Type: Article

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