Tourists increase the contribution of autochthonous carbon to littoral zone food webs in oligotrophic dune lakes

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 701-708

  Hadwen, Wade L ^a,b   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Tourism ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Monitoring; Natural area management; Oligotrophic lakes; Wilderness areas

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; CARBON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TOURISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; FRASER ISLAND; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE;

EID: 9944227381     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04068     Document Type: Article

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