Shifts in the trophic base of intermittent stream food webs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 263-277

  Dekar, Matthew P ^a   Magoulick, Daniel D ^a   Huxel, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Communities; Food webs; Intermittent streams; Stable isotopes; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR STATISTICS; COMMUNITIES; FOOD WEBS; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGY;

DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PERIPHYTON; RIFFLE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; WATERSHED;

ARKANSAS; MULBERRY BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 70350373490     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9919-1     Document Type: Article

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