Are algae relevant to the detritus-based food web in tank-bromeliads?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Brouard, Olivier ^a   Le Jeune, Anne Hélène ^a   Leroy, Céline ^b   Cereghino, Régis ^c   Roux, Olivier ^b   Pelozuelo, Laurent ^c   Dejean, Alain ^b   Corbara, Bruno ^a   Carrias, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BROMELIA; BUMILLERIOPSIS; CATOPSIS BERTERONIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRITUS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRENCH GUIANA; GRAZING; INSECTIVORE; LARVAL STAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUMILLERIOPSIS; CATOPSIS BERTERONIANA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

BROMELIA; FOOD CHAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79956215424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020129     Document Type: Article

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