title: Nitrogen source for a detritivore: detritus substrate versus associated microbes.
abstract: Detritivores have been thought to derive nutrition from microbes associated with detrital particles and not from the nonliving plant substrate. The polychaete Capitella capitata, however, was found to derive a major portion of its nitrogen from the plant substrate when it feeds on detritus derived from seaweed. Microbes play a role as a nitrogen source for this detritivore when it feeds on detritus derived from marsh grass.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Findlay
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tenore