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Augusto,Fernanda Gaudio; Tassoni Filho,Mauricio; Ferreira,Anderson; Pereira,Alexandre Leandro; Camargo,Plínio Barbosa de; Martinelli,Luiz Antonio. |
Terrestrial invertebrates link terrestrial systems to aquatic ones, making vegetal material produced in the watershed available to aquatic food webs. In this study, using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, we evaluated the importance of introduced C4 grasses as a source of carbon in aquatic food webs of headwater streams of the coastal Atlantic Forest located on the north coast of the State of São Paulo, in the southeastern region of Brazil. Terrestrial invertebrates were collected in two streams: one where the main land cover was pristine montane Atlantic Forest (forest stream) and another where the main land cover was introduced C4 forage grasses for livestock (pasture stream). The average δ13C of terrestrial invertebrates collected in the forest... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Atlantic Forest; Land use; Streams; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial invertebrate. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032015000200104 |