Autochthony in Karst Spring Food Webs

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 776, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-191

  Carroll, Teresa M ^a   Thorp, James H ^b   Roach, Katherine A ^c  

^a DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autochthony; Biomass; Food webs; Karst springs; Secondary production; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHONY; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; KARST; LEAF LITTER; MOSS; PERIPHYTON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING (HYDROLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84962176243     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-016-2750-6     Document Type: Article

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