Tracking the autochthonous carbon transfer in stream biofilm food webs

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-131

  Risse Buhl, Ute ^a   Trefzger, Nicolai ^a   Seifert, Anne Gret ^b   Schönborn, Wilfried ^a   Gleixner, Gerd ^b   Küsel, Kirsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autochthonous carbon; Grazing protozoa; PLFA; Stable isotopes; Stream biofilm

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ALGA; AUTOCHTHON; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; PROTOZOAN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS;

GERMANY; THURINGIA;

EID: 83455197423     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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