Tracing Consumer-Derived Nitrogen in Riverine Food Webs

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 485-496

  Atkinson, Carla L ^a   Kelly, Jeffrey F ^a   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

enrichment; mussel; nitrogen; nitrogen tracer; nutrient uptake; stable isotope; stream food web; turnover; unionid

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BIVALVE; DIET; EXCRETION; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; TURNOVER;

EID: 84896384525     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9736-2     Document Type: Article

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