Linking species and ecosystems: Different biotic assemblages cause interstream differences in organic matter

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1860-1872

  Pringle, C M ^a   Hemphill, Nina ^b   McDowell, W H ^c   Bednarek, Angela ^d   March, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Caribbean National Forest   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decapoda; Deposition; Electric exclusion; Fine particulate material, organic and inorganic; Fishes; Nitrogen; Omnivorous macrobiota; Puerto Rico; Seston; Shrimps; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FAUNA; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES; XIPHOCARIDIDAE;

EID: 0032873535     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1860:LSAEDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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