The importance of meiofauna in food webs: Evidence from an acid stream

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1271-1285

  Schmid Araya, J M ^a   Hildrew, A G ^a   Robertson, A ^b   Schmid, P E ^a   Winterbottom, J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectance; Food web patterns; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Protozoa; Seasonal variation; Stream food webs; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; MEIOFAUNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

BROADSTONE STREAM; ENGLAND (EAST SUSSEX); UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0001021098     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1271:TIOMIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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