Unpacking brown food‐webs: Animal trophic identity reflects rampant microbivory

Detritivory is the dominant trophic paradigm in most terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems, yet accurate measurement of consumer trophic position within detrital (=“brown”) food webs has remained unresolved. Measurement of detritivore trophic position is complicated by the fact that detritus i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology and evolution 2017-05, Vol.7 (10), p.3532-3541
Hauptverfasser:	Steffan, Shawn A., Chikaraishi, Yoshito, Dharampal, Prarthana S., Pauli, Jonathan N., Guédot, Christelle, Ohkouchi, Naohiko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amino acids Animals Aquatic ecosystems Bacteria bacterivores Beetles Biomass Butterflies & moths Coleoptera Colonization Consumer groups Consumers Detritivores detritivory Detritus diet Empirical analysis Fauna fish food chain Food chains Food webs freshwater ecosystems Fungi Hierarchies invertebrates Laboratories Marine ecosystems microbe microbial biomass microbial colonization microbial proteins microbiome Microorganisms moths nitrogen omnivore omnivores Organic matter Original Research Position measurement Proteins rearing stable isotopes Substrates terrestrial ecosystems Terrestrial environments Tracking Trophic levels
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