Grass, mosses, algae, or leaves? Food preference among shredders from open-canopy streams

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Leberfinger, Karolina ^a   Bohman, Irene ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detritivore; Feeding preference experiment; Food choice; Intermittent stream; Limnephilus bipunctatus; Nemoura sp.

Indexed keywords

ALGA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETRITIVORY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRASS; INSECT; LEAF; MOSS; SCAVENGER; SHRUB; STREAM;

KALMAR [SWEDEN]; OLAND; SWEDEN;

ALGAE; ARIA; BRYOPHYTA; DASIPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMNEPHILUS BIPUNCTATUS; NEMOURA;

EID: 77049093230     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9268-1     Document Type: Article

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