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Detritus Utilization

Detritus Utilization is a biological process in marine ecology whereby abyssal plain organisms assimilate and metabolize organic detritus sinking from upper ocean layers, distinguishing it from other nutrient acquisition strategies through its reliance on chemically broken-down particulate matter as a primary energy source.

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Production and use of detritus in various freshwater, estuarine, and coastal marine ecosystems

K. H. Mann · Limnology and Oceanography · 1988 · 457 citations · Full text

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The occurrence of benthos deep in the substratum of a stream

H. B. N. Hynes · Freshwater Biology · 1974 · 439 citations · Full text

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THE ROLE OF DETRITUS IN THE NUTRITION OF TWO MARINE DEPOSIT FEEDERS, THE PROSOBRANCH <i>HYDROBIA ULVAE</i> AND THE BIVALVE <i>MACOMA BALTHICA</i>

Richard Newell · Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London · 1965 · 437 citations

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On the Ecological Roles of Salamanders

Robert D. Davic, Hartwell H. Welsh · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2004 · 422 citations

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Trophic Basis of Production Among Net‐Spinning Caddisflies in a Southern Appalachian Stream

Arthur C. Benke, J. Bruce Wallace · Ecology · 1980 · 413 citations

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Authors

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  1. MO
    Molly O. Ahlgren

    Michigan Technological University, United States

    4 publications · 207 citations

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  2. SA
    Steven A. Juliano

    Illinois State University, United States

    4 publications · 293 citations

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  3. TE
    Thomas E. Wissing

    Miami University, United States

    4 publications · 297 citations

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  4. IV
    Iván Valiela

    Marine Biological Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 155 citations

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  5. JB
    J. Bruce Wallace

    University of Georgia, United States

    3 publications · 495 citations

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Institutions

215

  1. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

    Savannah, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    515 citations

  2. Miami University

    Oxford, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    846 citations

  3. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    201 citations

  4. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    305 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    519 citations

  6. Illinois State University

    Normal, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    521 citations

  7. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    790 citations

  8. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    283 citations

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  1. Limnology and Oceanography

    9 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 7 publications · 654 citations

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  3. Hydrobiologia

    6 publications · 191 citations

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  4. Ecology

    5 publications · 796 citations

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  5. Freshwater Biology

    5 publications · 669 citations

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