Autochthonous resources are the main driver of consumer production in dystrophic boreal lakes

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1506-1519

  Lau, Danny C P ^a   Sundh, Ingvar ^a   Vrede, Tobias ^a   Pickova, Jana ^a   Goedkoop, Willem ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic food webs; Fatty acids; Fish; Invertebrates; IsoSource; SIAR; Stable isotopes; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AUTOCHTHONY; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATES; LAKES; PERCHES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903511738     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1141.1     Document Type: Article

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