Effects of fishes on algal response to storms in a tropical stream

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2432-2442

  Pringle, Catherine M ^a   Hamazaki, Toshihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Algal succession; Aquatic insects; Costa Rica; Electric exclosures; Hydrologic disturbance; Omnivorous fishes; Periphyton; Stream discharge; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; STORM; STREAM; SUCCESSION;

COSTA RICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INSECTA; LYNGBYA; PISCES; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0031401165     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2432:EOFOAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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