Geomorphology controls the trophic base of stream food webs in a boreal watershed

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1775-1782

  Smits, Adrianne P ^a   Schindler, Daniel E ^a   Brett, Michael T ^a   Strong, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Algae; Fatty acids; Invertebrates; Streams; Terrestrial organic matter; Watershed slope

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CADDISFLY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GENETIC MARKER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAYFLY; MICROORGANISM; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC CONTROL; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS;

EID: 84936998671     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2247.1     Document Type: Article

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