Peculiarities in the stable isotope composition of organisms from an alpine lake

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 440-445

  Cattaneo, Antonella ^a   Manca, Marina ^b   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; 15N enrichment.; Daphnia; Dietary N; Seston; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINE ALPS; WORLD;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 9744285823     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-004-0730-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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