Trophic positioning and microphytobenthic carbon uptake of biofilm-dwelling meiofauna in a temperate river

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1180-1190

  Majdi, Nabil ^a,b   Tackx, Michèle ^a,b   Buffan Dubau, Evelyne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon flows; Food web; Meiofauna; Periphyton; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMADORINA; INVERTEBRATA; NAIDIDAE; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); RHYACOPHILIDAE;

EID: 84860480649     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02784.x     Document Type: Article

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