Quantitative Estimation of Dragonfly Role in Transfer of Essential Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Aquatic to Terrestrial Ecosystems

摘要

The functioning of any ecosystem is based on the flows of matter, energy, and information in trophic chains [ 1 ]. As a result of existing division of ecology to the aquatic ecology (hydrobiology) and terrestrial ecology (biogeocenology), ecosystem flows are traditionally studied separately in water and land areas. The transfer of matter and energy between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, despite its obvious importance, has been quantitatively investigated rarely so far [2].