Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in Kenyan highland streams: Evidence for a diverse shredder guild

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 435-450

  Masese, Frank O ^a   Kitaka, Nzula ^b   Kipkemboi, Julius ^b   Gettel, Gretchen M ^a   Irvine, Kenneth ^a   McClain, Michael E ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Afrotropical streams; Detritivore shredders; Ecosystem function; Gut content analysis; Omnivory; Organic matter; Potamonautes spp.; Riparian disturbance; Stream invertebrates; Trophic relationships

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GUILD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OMNIVORY; RIFFLE; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMWATER; UPLAND REGION;

KENYA;

EID: 84903577120     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675681     Document Type: Article

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