Selective Feeding Determines Patterns of Nutrient Release by Stream Invertebrates

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1093-1107

  Hood, James M ^a,c,d   McNeely, Camille ^b   Finlay, Jacques C ^a   Sterner, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer driven nutrient recycling; ecological stoichiometry; egestion; excretion; selective feeding; streams

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMPHIPOD; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY CONDITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXCRETION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENERALIST; HOMEOSTASIS; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STREAMWATER;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84939961403     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678693     Document Type: Article

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