Benthic foodweb structure in a large shallow lake studied by stable isotope analysis

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 885-894

  Cremona, F ^a   Timm, H ^a   Agasild, H ^a   Tonno I ^a   Feldmann, T ^a   Jones, R I ^b   Noges T ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

benthic food webs; carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes; carbon source; Lake V rtsj rv; macroinvertebrates; methane oxidizing bacteria; trophic levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904162391     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677540     Document Type: Article

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