Response of grazing snails to phosphorus enrichment of modern stromatolitic microbial communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1826-1835

  Elser, James J ^a,b   Schampel, John H ^a,b   Kyle, Marcia ^a,b   Watts, James ^a,b   Carson, Evan W ^a,b   Dowling, Thomas E ^a,b   Tang, Carol ^b,c   Roopnarine, Peter D ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA Astrobiology Institute   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Phosphorus; Snails; Stoichiometry; Stream; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRAZING; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RNA; SNAIL; STOICHIOMETRY; STROMATOLITE;

COAHUILA; CUATRO CIENEGAS; MESQUITES RIVER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HYDROBIIDAE; MEXITHAUMA QUADRIPALUDIUM;

EID: 33644948071     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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