Using stable isotopes to differentiate trophic feeding channels within soil food webs

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 520-526

  Crotty, Felicity V ^a,b,c   Adl, Sina M ^a   Blackshaw, Rod P ^b   Murray, Philip J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; decomposers; energy channels; protists; soil ecology; soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

CARBON CYCLE; CHANNEL; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTIST; RANGE SIZE; SOIL FAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL;

FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84868635231     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00608.x     Document Type: Review

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