Trophic Dynamics in a Neotropical Limestone Cave

The temporal budgets of the input, retainment and use by invertebrates of detritus and root tufts were evaluated in a short tropical limestone cave (337 m long). Detritus penetrate only through the stream in lower quantities in the dry season, contrary to what happens in the rainy season. However, w...

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Main Authors: Marconi Silva, Rogério Parentoni Martins, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011-12-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:http://subtbiol.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1290