Use of deep autochthonous resources by zooplankton: Results of a metalimnetic addition of 13C to a small lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 986-996

  Wilkinson, Grace M ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^b   Cole, Jonathan J ^c   Pace, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EPILIMNION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE USE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIFICATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

PETER LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899660860     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0986     Document Type: Article

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