Comparison of epilithic algal and bryophyte metabolism in an arctic tundra stream, Alaska

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 210-227

  Arscott, David B ^a,c   Bowden, William B ^a,d   Finlay, Jacques C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bryophytes; Epilithic algae; Hygrohypnum spp.; Irradiance; Metabolism; Periphyton; Photosynthesis; Schistidium agassizii; Stream

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; HYGROHYPNUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCHISTIDIUM AGASSIZII;

EID: 0031853447     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467963     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. ALPERT, P. 1984. Analysis of chlorophyll content in mosses through extraction in DMSO. Bryologist 87:363-365.
2. 2 as an inorganic carbon source: some experimental evidence. New Phytologist 86:393-400.
3. BOTT, T. L. 1996. Primary productivity and community respiration. Pages 533-556 in R. F. Hauer and G. A. Lamberti (editors). Methods in stream ecology. Academic Press, San Diego.
4. 4 fertilization on the distribution of bryophytes in an arctic river. Freshwater Biology 32:445-454.
5. BOWDEN, W. B., B. J. PETERSON, J. C. FINLAY, AND J. TUCKER. 1992. Epilithic chlorophyll a, photosynthesis, and respiration in control and fertilized reaches of a tundra stream. Hydrobiologia 240: 121-131.
6. BROWN D. H. 1982. Mineral nutrition. Pages 383-444 in A. J. Smith (editor). Bryophyte ecology. Chapman and Hall, New York.
7. CHAPIN, F. S. 1980. The mineral nutrition of wild plants. Annual Review of Ecological Systems 11: 233-260.
8. CHAPIN, F. S., P. M. VITOUSEK, AND K. V. CLEVE. 1986. The nature of nutrient limitation in plant communities. American Naturalist 127:48-58.
9. DAWSON F. H. 1973. Notes on the production of stream bryophytes in the high Pyrenees (France). Annals de Limnologie 9:231-240.
10. FINLAY, J. C., AND W. B. BOWDEN. 1994. Controls on production of bryophytes in an arctic tundra stream. Freshwater Biology 32:455-466.
11. FISHER, S. G., AND G. E. LIKENS. 1973. Energy flow in Bear Brook, New Hampshire: an integrative approach to stream ecosystem metabolism. Ecological Monographs 43:421-439.
12. GLIME, J. M. 1968. Ecological observations on some bryophytes in Appalachian Mountain streams. Castanea 33:300-325.
13. GLIME, J. M. 1978. Insect utilization of bryophytes. Bryologist 81:186-187.
14. GLIME, J. M. 1984. Physio-ecological factors relating to reproduction and phenology in Fontinalis dalecarlica. Bryologist 87:17-23.
15. GLIME, J. M. 1987. Growth model for Fontinalis duriaei based on temperature and flow conditions. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 62:101-109.
16. GLIME, J. M., AND D. W. ACTON. 1979. Temperature effects on assimilation and respiration in the Fontinalis duriaei-periphyton association. Bryologist 82:382-392.
17. GRIME, J. P. 1979. Plant strategies and vegetation processes. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
18. HAINS, J. J. 1985. Practical considerations for routine chlorophyll measurements: precautions and comparison of extraction methods. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 3:175-179.
19. HERSHEY, A. E., W. B. BOWDEN, L. A. DEEGAN, J. E. HOBBIE, B. J. PETERSON, G. W. KIPPHUT, G. W. KLING, M. A. LOCK, R. W. MERRITT, M. C. MILLER, J. R. VESTAL, AND J. A. SCHULDT. 1997. The Kuparuk River: a long-term study of biological and chemical processes in an arctic river. Pages 107-129 in A. M. Milner and M. W. Oswood (editors). Ecological studies 119. Freshwaters of Alaska: ecological syntheses. Springer, New York.
20. HILL, W. R. 1996. Factors affecting benthic algae: effects of light. Pages 121-148 in R. J. Stevenson, M. L. Bothwell, and R. L. Lowe (editors). Algal ecology: freshwater benthic ecosystems. Academic Press, San Diego.
21. JANDEL SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE CORPORATION. 1994. SigmaStat statistical software: user's manual. United States.
22. JASSBY, A. D., AND T. PLATT. 1976. Mathematical formulation of the relationship between photosynthesis and light for phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 21:540-547.
23. JOHNSON, T. 1978. Aquatic mosses and stream metabolism in a north Swedish river. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretishe und angewandte Limnologie 20:1471-1477.
24. 4 from lakes and rivers in arctic Alaska. Hydrobiologia 240:23-36.
25. KLING, G. W., W. J. O'BRIEN, M. C. MILLER, AND A. E. HERSHEY. 1992b. The biogeochemistry and zoogeography of lakes and rivers in arctic Alaska. Hydrobiologia 240:1-14.
26. LORENZEN, C. J. 1967. Determination of chlorophyll and pheo-pigments: spectrophotometric equations. Limnology and Oceanography 12:343-346.
27. MAURER, M. A., AND M. A. BRUSVEN. 1983. Insect abundance and colonization rate in Fontinalis neo-mexicana (Bryophyta) in an Idaho stream, U.S.A. Hydrobiologia 98:9-15.
28. MCAULIFFE, J. R. 1983. Competition, colonization patterns, and disturbance. Page 399 in J. R. Barnes and G. W. Minshall (editors). Stream ecology. Plenum Press, New York.
29. MCINTIRE, D. C., AND H. K. PHINNEY. 1965. Laboratory studies of periphyton production and community metabolism in lotic environments. Ecological Monographs 35:237-58.
30. 4 fertilization: Kuparuk River, Alaska (68 N Lat.). Hydrobiologia 240:103-119.
31. NAIMAN, R. J. 1983. The annual pattern and spatial distribution of aquatic oxygen metabolism in boreal forest watersheds. Ecological Monographs 53: 73-94.
32. NAIMAN, R. J., J. M. MELILLO, M. A. LOCK, T. E. FORD, AND S. R. REICE. 1987. Longitudinal patterns of ecosystem processes and community structure in a subarctic river continuum. Ecology 68:1139-1156.
33. NAIMAN, R. J., AND J. R. SEDELL. 1980. Relationships between metabolic parameters and stream order in Oregon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:834-847.
34. NETER, H., AND W. WASSERMAN. 1974. Applied linear statistical models. Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Homewood, Illinois.
35. O'BRIEN, W. J., A. E. HERSHEY, J. E. HOBBIE, M. A. HULLAR, G. W. KIPPHUT, M. C. MILLER, B. MOLLER, AND J. R. VESTAL. 1992. Control mechanisms of arctic lake ecosystems: a limnocorral experiment. Hydrobiologia 240:143-188.
36. PENTECOST, A. 1991. Algal and bryophyte flora of a Yorkshire (U.K.) hill stream: a comparative approach using biovolume estimations. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 121:181-201.
37. PETERSON, B. J., T. CORLISS, K. KRIET, AND J. E. HOBBIE. 1992. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and export for the upper Kuparuk River on the North Slope of Alaska in 1980. Hydrobiologia 240:61-69.
38. PETERSON, B. J., L. DEEGAN, J. HELFRICH, J. E. HOBBIE, M. HULLAR, B. MOLLER, T. E. FORD, A. HERSHEY, A. HILTNER, G. KIPPHUT, M. A. LOCK, D. M. FIEBIC, V. MCKINLEY, M. C. MILLER, J. R. VESTAL, R. VENTULLO, AND G. VOLK. 1993. Biological responses of a tundra river to fertilization. Ecology 74:653-672.
39. PETERSON, B. J., J. E. HOBBIE, AND T. L. CORLISS. 1986. Carbon flow in a tundra stream ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:1259-1270.
40. SLACK, N. G., AND J. M. GLIME. 1985. Niche relationships of mountain stream bryophytes. Bryologist 88:7-18.
41. SPENCER, D. F., AND G. G. KSANDER. 1987. Comparison of three methods for extracting chlorophyll from aquatic macrophytes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 4:201-208.
42. STEINMAN A. D., AND H. L. BOSTON. 1993. The ecological role of aquatic bryophytes in a woodland stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 12:17-26.
43. SUREN, A. M. 1988. The ecological role of bryophytes in high alpine streams of New Zealand. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 23:1412-1416.
44. SUREN, A. M., AND M. J. WINTERBOURN. 1992. The influence of periphyton, detritus and shelter on invertebrate colonization of aquatic bryophytes. Freshwater Biology 27:327-339.
45. TRISKA, F. J., J. R. SEDELL, K. CROMACK, S. V. GREGORY, AND F. M. MCCORISON. 1984. Nitrogen budget for a small coniferous forest stream. Ecological Monographs 54:119-140.