Grazer traits, competition, and carbon sources to a headwater-stream food web

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-401

  McNeely, Camille ^a,b   Finlay, Jacques C ^b   Power, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Armored grazer; Caddisfly; Competition; Detritus; Diet; Energy flow; Food web; Glossosoma; Headwater stream; Mayfly; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ALGA; CARBON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIET; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HEADWATER; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAYFLY; STREAM;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; INSECTS; LARVA; RIVERS;

ALGAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GLOSSOSOMA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34247111745     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[391:GTCACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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