The role of omnivory in a neotropical stream: Separating diurnal and nocturnal effects

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 269-280

  Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Hamazaki, Toshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Deposition; Electric exclusion; Fish; Intraguild predation; Omnivory; Periphyton; Sediments; Shrimp; Stream community; Succession; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OMNIVORY; STREAM;

COSTA RICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISCES; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031654656     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0269:TROOIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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