Consequences of the colonisation of leaves by fungi and oomycetes for leaf consumption by a gammarid shredder

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 839-852

  Aßmann, Christine ^a   Rinke, Karsten ^a,c   Nechwatal, Jan ^a   Elert, Eric von ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food preference; Fungi; Gammarus; Leaf litter; Oomycete

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; HYPHOMYCETES; OOMYCETES;

EID: 79953328830     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02530.x     Document Type: Article

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