A stream insect detritivore violates common assumptions of threshold elemental ratio bioenergetics models

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 508-518

  Halvorson, Halvor M ^a   Scott, J Thad ^a   Sanders, Andrew J ^a,b   Evans White, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Ecological stoichiometry; Elemental use efficiencies; Leaf litter; Nutrient enrichment; Pycnopsyche lepida; Stoichiometric homeostasis; Threshold elemental ratios

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DETRITIVORY; DIET; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; INSECT; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STOICHIOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

ACER; HEXAPODA; PYCNOPSYCHE LEPIDA;

EID: 84953708251     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680724     Document Type: Article

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