Dr Mark Trimmer taking methane samples from a carrier of the River Test in July

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Deines, P., Wooller, M.J. & Grey, J. 2009
Unravelling complexities in benthic food webs using a dual stable isotope (hydrogen and carbon) approach. Freshwat Biol 54: 2243-2251.

Grey, J. 2002
A chironomid conundrum: queries arising from stable isotopes. Verh Int Verein Limnol 28: 102-105.

Grey, J., Kelly, A. & Jones, R.I. 2004
High intraspecific variability in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of lake chironomid larvae. Limnol Oceanogr 49: 239-244.

Grey, J., Kelly, A., Ward, S., Sommerwerk, N. & Jones, R.I. 2004
Seasonal changes in the stable isotope values of lake-dwelling chironomid larvae in relation to feeding and life-cycle variability. Freshwat Biol 49: 681-689.

Grey, J. & Deines, P. 2005
Differential assimilation of methanotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria by lake chironomid larvae. Aquat Microb Ecol 40: 61-66.

Jones, R.I., Carter, C.E., Kelly, A., Ward, S., Kelly, D. & Grey, J. 2008
Widespread contribution of methane-cycle bacteria to the diets of profundal lake chironomid larvae. Ecology 89: 857-864

Jones, R.I. & Grey, J. (in press)
Biogenic methane in freshwater food webs. Freshwat Biol

Kelly, A., Jones, R.I. & Grey, J. 2004
Stable isotope analysis provides fresh insights into dietary separation between Chironomus anthracinus and C. plumosus. J N Amer Benthol Soc 23: 287-296.

Pretty, J., Hildrew, A.G. & Trimmer, M. 2006
Nutrient dynamics in relation to surface–subsurface hydrological exchange in a groundwater fed chalk stream. J Hydrol 330: 84-100.

Ravinet, M., Syvaranta, J., Jones, R.I. & Grey, J. 2010
Fish exploitation of methane-derived carbon in a temperate lake system. Oikos 119: 409-416

Sanders, I., Heppell, C.M., Cotton, J.A., Wharton, G., Hildrew, A.G., Flowers, E.J. & Trimmer, M. 2007
Emission of methane from chalk streams has potential implications for agricultural practices. Freshwat Biol 52: 1176-1186

Trimmer, M., Sanders, I.A. & Heppell, C.M. 2009
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in a vegetated lowland chalk river impacted by sediment. Hydrol Proc 23: 2225 - 2238

Trimmer, M., Hildrew, A.G., Jackson, M.C., Pretty, J. L. & Grey, J. 2009
Evidence for the role of methane-derived carbon in a free-flowing, lowland river food-web. Limnol Oceanogr 54: 1541-1547

Trimmer, M., Maanoja, S., Pretty, J.L., Hildrew, A.G. & Grey, J. 2010
Potential carbon fixation via methane oxidation in well oxygenated river bed gravels. Limnol Oceanogr 55: 560-568.