Trophic position and potential food sources of 2 species of unionid bivalves (Mollusca:Unionidae) in 2 small Ohio streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-113

  Christian, Alan D ^a,b   Smith, Brittany N ^a,c   Berg, David J ^a   Smoot, James C ^a,d   Findlay, Robert H ^a,e  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestive fluid enzymes; FPOM; Freshwater mussels; Microbial biomass and community structure; Stable isotopes; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT; STREAM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIVALVIA; ELLIPTIO; ELLIPTIO DILATATA; MOLLUSCA; PTYCHOBRANCHUS; PTYCHOBRANCHUS FASCIOLARIS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 1342311989     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0101:TPAPFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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