A laboratory study on feeding plasticity of the shredder Sericostoma vittatum Rambur (Sericostomatidae)

Abstract Since litter input and availability of leaves in many streams is highly seasonal in Portugal, we investigated whether Sericostoma vittatum, a typical shredder, was able to grow using alternative food sources. To test this hypothesis we fed S. vittatum with Alnus glutinosa (alder, CPOM, coar...

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Main Author: Carvalho, Emerson (author)
Other Authors: Graça, Manuel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/7836
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/7836