Reconciling the role of organic matter pathways in aquatic food webs by measuring multiple tracers in individuals

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3257-3269

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a,b   Woods, Ryan ^c   Marshall, Jonathan ^b,c   Fawcett, James ^c   Lobegeiger, Jaye ^c   Valdez, Dominic ^b   Kainz, Martin J ^d  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Benthic habitat; Border Rivers, Queensland, Australia; Diet quality; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Essential fatty acids; Food web subsidies; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial organic matter; Water column

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CLUPEOID; CRUSTACEAN; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GRASS; INSECT; LEAF LITTER; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PERCIFORM; PERIPHYTON; PLANKTON; RIVER SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATALOSA EREBI; PISCES; POACEAE;

CARBON; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RIVER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PLANTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84953341207     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2153.1     Document Type: Article

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