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Relatively negative delta ratios of mesozooplankton in the Sundays River estuary, comments on potential carbon sources
Jerling, H.L.; Wooldridge, T.H. (1995). Relatively negative delta ratios of mesozooplankton in the Sundays River estuary, comments on potential carbon sources. South. Afr. J. Aquat. Sci. 21(1-2): 71-77
In: Southern African Journal of Aquatic Sciences. Southern African Society of Aquatic Scientists: Cape Town. ISSN 1018-3469, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
    Aquatic communities > Plankton > Zooplankton
    Food webs
    Isotopes > Carbon isotopes > Carbon 13
    Radioactive tracers
    Brackish water; Fresh water
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  • Jerling, H.L.
  • Wooldridge, T.H., more
Abstract
    Mesozooplankton, submergent and fringing macrophytes and particles suspended in the water column in the Sundays River estuary, South Africa, were analyzed for delta13 C isotope ratios. Highly negative values for the mesozooplankton species suggest the possibility of phytoplankton rather than detritus derived from macrophytes as carbon source.
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