Possible sources of methane-derived carbon for chironomid larvae

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-293

  Eller, Gundula ^a   Deines, Peter ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chironomid larvae; Food web; Methanogenic Archaea; Methanotrophic bacteria; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS PLUMOSUS;

EID: 34247484913     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame046283     Document Type: Article

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