Top-down and bottom-up effects of a processing detritivore

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-559

  Hoekman, David ^a,c   Winston, Rebecca ^b   Mitchell, Nichole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Detritus processing; Food webs; Incidental predation; Inquilines; Metriocnemus knabi; Microorganisms; Pitcher plant; Sarracenia purpurea; Top down vs bottom up; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARNIVORE; DETRITIVORY; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; METRIOCNEMUS KNABI; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 74249089311     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-131.1     Document Type: Article

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