Assigning hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen isotope values for phytoplankton and terrestrial detritus in aquatic food web studies

Inland Waters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-242

  Yang, Carol ^a   Wilkinson, Grace M ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^b   Macko, Stephen A ^a   Pace, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web; Mixing models; Phytoplankton; Stable isotope analysis; Terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987927758     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-4.2.700     Document Type: Article

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