Carbon stable isotopes suggest that hippopotamus‐vectored nutrients subsidize aquatic consumers in an East African river
The common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, transports millions of tons of organic matter annually from its terrestrial feeding grounds into aquatic habitats. We evaluated whether carbon stable isotopes (δ13C) can be used as tracers for determining whether H. amphibius‐vectored allochthonous ma...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2015-04-01
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Series: | Ecosphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00514.1 |