High-quality algae attached to leaf litter boost invertebrate shredder growth

Freshwater Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1213-1221

  Guo, Fen ^a,b   Kainz, Martin J ^c   Valdez, Dominic ^a   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

Allochthonous sources; Autochthonous sources; Nutrients; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Riparian canopy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOFILM; FATTY ACID; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

ALGAE; ANISOCENTROPUS BICOLORATUS; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOSTEMON CONFERTUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84999791243     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688667     Document Type: Article

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