Gardening by the psychomyiid caddisfly Tinodes waeneri: Evidence from stable isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-139

  Ings, Nicola L ^a   Hildrew, Alan G ^a   Grey, Jonathan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caddis fly larvae; Lake littoral; Nitrogen recycling; Sedentary grazer; SIAR mixing model

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CADDISFLY; CARBON ISOTOPE; EPILITHON; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; LARVA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; ISOTOPES;

ALGAE; PSYCHOMYIIDAE; TINODES; TINODES WAENERI; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77951024050     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1558-8     Document Type: Article

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