Are net-spinning caddisflies what they eat? An investigation using controlled diets and fatty acids

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 803-813

  Torres Ruiz, Monica ^a   Wehr, John D ^a   Perrone, Alissa A ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic insect; caddisfly; Cladophora glomerata; controlled diet; fatty acids; Hydropsyche; laboratory experiments; macroinvertebrate; streams

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; ARTIFICIAL DIET; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOACCUMULATION; CADDISFLY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; PREDATION; STREAM;

ALGAE; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHE; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77954883344     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-162.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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