Carbon Sources in Riverine Food Webs: New Evidence from Amino Acid Isotope Techniques

Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1029-1041

  Thorp, James H ^a   Bowes, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood Pulse Concept; Ohio River; River Continuum Concept; River Wave Concept; Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis; Upper Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMINO ACID; COMPLEXITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 85003828530     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0091-y     Document Type: Article

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