Trophic-level dependent effects on CO2 emissions from experimental stream ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3386-3396

  Atwood, Trisha B ^a,b   Hammill, Edd ^a,c   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon efflux; Ecosystem function; Food web; Trophic cascades; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ANIMAL; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS;

EID: 84907892918     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12516     Document Type: Article

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