Effects of different types of conditioning on rates of leaf-litter shredding by Xiphocaris elongata, a Neotropical freshwater shrimp

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 198-208

  Crowl, Todd A ^a   Welsh, Vanessa ^a   Heartsill Scalley, Tamara ^a   Covich, Alan P ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompostion; Detrital processing; Food webs; Freshwater shrimp; Litter processing; Microbial colonization; Tropical streams; Xiphocarus elongata

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; LEAF LITTER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; QUEBRADA PRIETA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ROUREA SURINAMENSIS; XIPHOCARIS ELONGATA;

EID: 33645694019     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2006)25[198:EODTOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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