Origin of Carbon and Essential Fatty Acids in Higher Trophic Level Fish in Headwater Stream Food Webs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling
2.2. Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Origin of Organic Sources
4.2. Origin of Essential Fatty Acids
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Study Site | GPS | Order | Sampling Date | Canopy (%) | Water Temperature (°C) |
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Babame | N39.8678°, E140.2552° | 1 | 10 July | 93.5 | 15.9 |
Hayakuchi | N40.4227°, E140.3470° | 3 | 20 July | 67.6 | 15.6 |
Kurikoma | N38.9169°, E140.7356° | 1 | 2 September | 91.1 | 14.2 |
Naruse | N 39.0716°, E 140.7187° | 3 | 18 September | 63.5 | 18.5 |
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Fujibayashi, M.; Miura, Y.; Suganuma, R.; Takahashi, S.; Sakamaki, T.; Miyata, N.; Kazama, S. Origin of Carbon and Essential Fatty Acids in Higher Trophic Level Fish in Headwater Stream Food Webs. Biomolecules 2019, 9, 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9090487
Fujibayashi M, Miura Y, Suganuma R, Takahashi S, Sakamaki T, Miyata N, Kazama S. Origin of Carbon and Essential Fatty Acids in Higher Trophic Level Fish in Headwater Stream Food Webs. Biomolecules. 2019; 9(9):487. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9090487
Chicago/Turabian StyleFujibayashi, Megumu, Yoshie Miura, Reina Suganuma, Shinji Takahashi, Takashi Sakamaki, Naoyuki Miyata, and So Kazama. 2019. "Origin of Carbon and Essential Fatty Acids in Higher Trophic Level Fish in Headwater Stream Food Webs" Biomolecules 9, no. 9: 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9090487