Detritus processing by invertebrate shredders: A neotropical-temperate comparison

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 216-232

  Wantzen, Karl M ^a   Wagner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Functional feeding groups; Shredders; Stenochironomus; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CALAMOCERATIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHYLLOICUS; STENOCHIRONOMUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33645665916     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[216:DPBISA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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