Incorporation of bacterial extracellular polysaccharide by black fly larvae (Simuliidae)

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-299

  Couch, Carol A ^a,b   Meyer, Judy L ^a   Hall Jr , Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; extracellular polysaccharide; microbial loop; Simuliidae; stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 0029830812     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467277     Document Type: Article

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