Hydrologic Variability Affects Invertebrate Grazing on Phototrophic Biofilms in Stream Microcosms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ceola, Serena ^a,b   Hödl, Iris ^c   Adlboller, Martina ^c   Singer, Gabriel ^c   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^a   Mari, Lorenzo ^a,d   Botter, Gianluca ^e   Waringer, Johann ^c   Battin, Tom J ^c,f   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECDYONURUS; EPHEMEROPTERA; GRAZING; HYDROLOGY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPH; PHOTOTROPHY; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; INVERTEBRATES; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES;

ECDYONURUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876170872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060629     Document Type: Article

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