Benthic-pelagic links: Responses of benthos to water-column nutrient enrichment

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 466-479

  Blumenshine, S C ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Y ^a   Lodge, D M ^a   Cottingham, K L ^b,c   Knight, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic pelagic links; Chironomidae; Macroinvertebrates; Mesocosm; Nutrient enrichment; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030931922     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468138     Document Type: Article

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