Can C4 plants contribute to aquatic food webs of subtropical streams?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1105-1116

  Clapcott, Joanne E ^a,b   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Riparian vegetation; Shredders; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD WEB; INSECT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANISOCENTROPUS; ANISOCENTROPUS KIRRAMUS; CALAMOCERATIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RIPARIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TRICHOPTERA; UROCHLOA;

EID: 0038509034     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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