Algal vs. macrophyte inputs to food webs of inland saline wetlands

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3317-3326

  Hart, E Andrew ^a   Lovvorn, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal forms; Amorphous detritus; Dissolved organic matter; Exopolymer secretions; Invertebrate food webs; Invertebrate gut contents; Macrophytes; Organic matter sources; Saline wetlands; Stable isotopes; Wetland food webs

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHARA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS ACUTUS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS ACUTUS; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1342330868     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0629     Document Type: Article

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