Monsoonal impacts on the community trophic niches in two temperate headwater tributaries across a land use continuum.
Agricultural streams
Food web
Hydrological connectivity
Nitrogen source
Stable isotopes
Stream ecosystem
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 10 2024
28 10 2024
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received:
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04
2024
accepted:
09
10
2024
medline:
29
10
2024
pubmed:
29
10
2024
entrez:
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10
2024
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epublish
Résumé
Pulsed flows following heavy monsoon rain events alter riverine food webs, but their impact on headwater stream food webs across the continuum from forested canopy to open agricultural land use remains unclear. We investigated carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in macroinvertebrates and fish in two tributaries of the Suyeung River, Korea, before and after heavy monsoon rains to assess changes in community trophic niches. Basal resources (leaf litter and biofilms) exhibited consistent δ
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pubmed: 39468143
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-76012-w
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-76012-w
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Substances chimiques
Carbon Isotopes
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Nitrogen Isotopes
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eng
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Organisme : National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT)
ID : No. 2021R1C1C2006581
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