Effects of light and nutrients on periphyton and the fatty acid composition and somatic growth of invertebrate grazers in subtropical streams

Oecologia

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 449-462

  Guo, Fen ^a,b   Kainz, Martin J ^c   Sheldon, Fran ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algae; Food quality; Food webs; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Riparian canopy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CADDISFLY; CANOPY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERIPHYTON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HELICOPSYCHE; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LIGHT; RIVER;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; LIGHT; RIVERS;

EID: 84958741782     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3573-x     Document Type: Article

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