Fecal pellets from a dense aggregation of suspension-feeders in a stream: An example of ecosystem engineering

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 719-725

  Wotton, Roger S ^a   Malmqvist, Björn ^b   Muotka, Timo ^c   Lursson, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE;

FECAL PELLET; FILTER FEEDER; ORGANIC MATTER; STREAM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 0031853491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0719     Document Type: Article

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