Instream C sources for primary consumers in two temperate, oligotrophic rivers: Possible evidence of bryophytes as a food source

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 733-743

  McWilliam Hughes, Sherisse M ^a   Jardine, Timothy D ^a,b   Cunjak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic moss; Autochthonous; Bryophyte; Carbon; Food webs; Grazer; Macroinvertebrate; New Brunswick; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOFILM; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIUM; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; MOSS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; DREPANOCLADUS; FONTINALIS;

EID: 77649268842     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-103.1     Document Type: Article

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