The trophic significance of bacteria in a detritus-based stream food web

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1995-2012

  Hall Jr , Robert O ^a,b   Meyer, Judy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterivory; Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina; Detritivory; Dissolved organic carbon; Exopolymers; Food webs; Macroinvertebrates; Microbial loop; Streams; 13C

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; STREAM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

COWEETA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PLECOPTERA; TALLAPERLA;

EID: 3543088473     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1995:TTSOBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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