Organic matter transfer in Lake Superior's food web: Insights from bulk and molecular stable isotope and radiocarbon analyses

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-164

  Kruger, B R ^a,b   Werne, J P ^a,c   Branstrator, D K ^a   Hrabik, T R ^a   Chikaraishi, Y ^d   Ohkouchi, N ^d   Minor, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AMINO ACID; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; ZOOPLANKTON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; LIMNOCALANUS MACRURUS;

EID: 84954226399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10205     Document Type: Article

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