An unusual trophic subsidy and species dominance in a tropical stream

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2325-2334

  Lancaster, Jill ^a   Dobson, Michael ^b,d   Magana, Adiel M ^c   Arnold, Amanda ^b   Mathooko, Jude M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; East Africa; Freshwater crabs; Mixing model; Potamonautes; Spatial subsidy; Stable isotopes; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CRAB; DIET; DOMINANCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC STATUS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; POTAMONAUTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 54549106619     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0553.1     Document Type: Article

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