Foodweb structure in small streams: Do we need different models for the tropics?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 395-412

  Dudgeon, David ^a   Cheung, Fion K W ^a   Mantel, Sukhmani K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Detritus; Gut content analysis; Hong Kong; Omnivory; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; OMNIVORY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RIFFLE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77249141747     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-058.1     Document Type: Article

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