Ingestion and digestion of epilithic algae by larval insects in a heavily grazed montane stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 607-623

  Peterson, Christopher G ^a   Vormittag, Kara A ^a   Valett, H Maurice ^b,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast condition; Diatoms; Grazer efficiency; Grazing history; Gut passage

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DIGESTION; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032433492     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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