Abstract
Stable carbon isotope ratios of algae and grazing invertebrates at four hot springs and an alpine cold spring in New Zealand were at the extreme end of the range reported for freshwater organisms. This apparently resulted from the influences of diverse inorganic carbon sources, geothermal carbon and biogenic (respiration) CO2, being incorporated into biomass carbon at the study sites. Despite similar feeding behavior at all sites (algal ingestion), the isotope ratios of the invertebrates varied because of site‐specific biogeochemistry. This further underscores the need to understand inorganic carbon sources and their influences on resulting isotope ratios for future stable carbon isotope work in freshwater environments.
Dates
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Created | 15 years, 4 months ago (April 7, 2010, 1:24 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 20, 2023, 1:31 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 months, 3 weeks ago (June 4, 2025, 5:12 p.m.) |
Issued | 41 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1984) |
Published | 41 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1984) |
Published Online | 21 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 22, 2003) |
Published Print | 41 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1984) |
@article{Rounick_1984, title={Geothermal and cold springs faunas: Inorganic carbon sources affect isotope values}, volume={29}, ISSN={1939-5590}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1984.29.2.0386}, DOI={10.4319/lo.1984.29.2.0386}, number={2}, journal={Limnology and Oceanography}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Rounick, J. S. and James, M. R.}, year={1984}, month=mar, pages={386–389} }