Primary consumers and resources: Annual variation in two contrasting reaches of a Patagonian mountain stream

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Villanueva, Verónica Díaz ^a   Buria, Leonardo ^b   Albariño, Ricardo ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b Dirección de Parques Nacionales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benthic organic matter; Functional feeding groups; Patagonia; Periphyton; Stream

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PERIPHYTON; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANDES; PATAGONIA;

EID: 77950382582     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2010003     Document Type: Article

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