Tracing energy flow in stream food webs using stable isotopes of hydrogen
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JACQUES C. FINLAY* , , RICHARD R. DOUCETT ‡ AND CAMILLE M CNEELY † *Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, U.S.A. St Anthony Falls Laboratory, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, MN, U.S.A. Colorado Plateau Stable Isotope Laboratory, Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
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