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Spatial changes in carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of the plankton food web in a saline lake ecosystem

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We investigated spatial changes in the isotope ratios of the plankton food web in Lake Chany, Siberia, Russia, especially at an estuarine transition zone of the lake. The δ13C values of particulate organic matter (POM) varied among the sampling sites, and increased with increasing pH of the lake water. This may reflect a shift by phytoplankton from using CO2 to using bicarbonate for photosynthesis with increasing pH. The δ13C values of zooplankton community also changed at each site along with those of the POM. This was indicative of carbon isotope changes of plankton food webs between the stations along an environmental gradient.

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  1. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Hideyuki Doi & Keiichi Kanou

  2. Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy Sciences, Frunze Str., 11, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

    Elena I. Zuykova, Natalia Yurlova & Elena Yadrenkina

  3. Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan

    Eisuke Kikuchi & Shuichi Shikano

  4. LAFWEDY, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7, Tarumi, Matsuyama, 790-8566, Ehime, Japan

    Hideyuki Doi

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Doi, H., Zuykova, E.I., Kikuchi, E. et al. Spatial changes in carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of the plankton food web in a saline lake ecosystem. Hydrobiologia 571, 395–400 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0205-1

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