Terrestrial contributions to the aquatic food web in the middle Yangtze River.

Understanding the carbon sources supporting aquatic consumers in large rivers is essential for the protection of ecological integrity and for wildlife management. The relative importance of terrestrial and algal carbon to the aquatic food webs is still under intensive debate. The Yangtze River is th...

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Main Authors: Jianzhu Wang, Binhe Gu, Jianhui Huang, Xingguo Han, Guanghui Lin, Fawen Zheng, Yuncong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4105416?pdf=render