Aquatic insect subsidies influence microbial composition and processing of detritus in near‐shore subarctic heathland

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: McCary, Matthew A., Kasprzak, Madeline D., Botsch, Jamieson C., Hoekman, David, Jackson, Randall D., Gratton, Claudio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Mývatn; Iceland; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08032; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/oik.08032; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/oik.08032

Insects are major conduits of resources moving from aquatic to terrestrial systems. While the ecological impacts of insect subsidies are well documented, the underlying mechanisms by which these resources change recipient ecosystems remain poorly understood. Most subsidy inputs enter terrestrial sys...