Organic matter flow in stream food webs with reduced detrital resource base

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3445-3463

  Hall Jr , Robert O ^a   Wallace, J Bruce ^b   Eggert, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coweeta hydrologic laboratory; Detritivory; Detritus; Food webs; Macroinvertebrates; North carolina; Organic matter flow; Predation; Resource redaction; Streams

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM;

APPALACHIANS; COWEETA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034510889     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3445:OMFISF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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