Spatial Subsidies, Trophic State, and Community Structure: Examining the Effects of Leaf Litter Input on Ponds

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 639-651

  Earl, Julia E ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

canopy cover; community respiration; leaf litter; macroinvertebrates; nutrients; primary production; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESOCOSM; POND; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84877783536     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9639-2     Document Type: Article

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