Changes in the nutritional quality of decaying leaf litter in a stream based on fatty acid content

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-278

  Torres Ruiz, Monica ^a   Wehr, John D ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous matter; Decomposition; Fatty acids; Leaf litter; Macroinvertebrates; New York; Nutrition; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHONOUS MATTER; FORESTED STREAMS; FUNGAL ACTIVITY; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LEAF LITTER; LINOLEIC ACID; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MIXED SPECIES; NEW YORK; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; OMEGA-3; THIRD-ORDER;

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; HYDRAULICS; NUTRITION;

LEAF SPRINGS;

ALLOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; STREAM;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77953871013     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0305-9     Document Type: Article

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