Resource subsidies across the land-freshwater interface and responses in recipient communities

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  Richardson, John S ^a   Zhang, Yixin ^b   Marczak, Laurie B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Consumers; Dynamics; Ecosystems; Energy flux; Linkage; Nutrients; Streams

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; LIFE CYCLE; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 73249152664     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1283     Document Type: Article

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