Consumer-resource coupling in wet-dry tropical rivers

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 310-322

  Jardine, Timothy D ^a   Pettit, Neil E ^b   Warfe, Danielle M ^c   Pusey, Bradley J ^a   Ward, Doug P ^a   Douglas, Michael M ^c   Davies, Peter M ^b   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Energy sources; Floodplain; Food webs; Gut contents; Hydrology; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DIET; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856948763     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01925.x     Document Type: Article

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