Evidence for the assimilation of ancient glacier organic carbon in a proglacial stream food web

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1118-1128

  Fellman, Jason B ^a   Hood, Eran ^a   Raymond, Peter A ^b   Hudson, John ^c   Bozeman, Maura ^b   Arimitsu, Mayumi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Aquatics Alaska   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METAZOAN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SALMONID; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; HERBERT RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84943545864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10088     Document Type: Article

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