Is macroinvertebrate drift a density-dependent mechanism of the benthos in the lower mississippi river?

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Koetsier, Peter ^a   Bryan, C Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIPTERA; HYDROZOA; MYSIDACEA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TAPHROMYSIS LOUISIANAE; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 0344746557     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1996.9663488     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Anderson, N. H., and Lehmkuhl, D. M., 1968. Catastrophic drift of insects in a woodland stream. Ecology, 49:198–206.
2. Andersson, K. A., Brönmark, C., Herrmann, J., Otto, C., and Sjöström, P., 1986. Presence of sculpins (Cottus gobio) reduces drift and activity of Gammarus pulex (Amphipoda). Hydrobiologia, 133:209–215.
3. Allan, J. D., 1978. Trout predation and the composition of stream drift. Limnol. Oceanogr., 23:1231–1327.
4. Benke, A. C., Hunter, J., and Parrish, F. K., 1986. Invertebrate drift dynamics in a subtropical blackwater river:the importance of habitat and life history. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 5:173–190.
5. Benke, A. C., Van Arsdall, T. C., Gillespie, D. M., and Parrish, F. K., 1984. Invertebrate productivity in a subtropical blackwater river:the importance of habitat and life history. Ecol. Monogr., 54:25–63.
6. Brigham, A. R., Brigham, W. U., and Gnilka, A., eds. 1982. Aquatic insects and oligochaetes of North and South Carolina. Midwest Aquatic Enterprises, Mahomet, Illinois.
7. Brittain, J. E., and Eikeland, T. J., 1988. Invertebrate drift—a review. Hydrobiologia, 166:77–93.
8. Cummins, K. W., and Wilzbach, M. A., 1988. Do pathogens regulate:stream invertebrate populations?. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., 23:1232–1243.
9. Denby, J. S., 1944. The fate of animals in stream drift when carried into lakes. Ecol. Monogr., 16:321–335.
10. Dimond, J. B., 1967. Evidence that drift of stream benthos is density related. Ecology, 48:855–857.
11. Doerzbacher, J. F., and Bryan, C. F., 1985. Narrative report for nonradiological environmental monitoring:annual report 1984. La. Coop. Fish. Unit, Louisiana St. Univ., Baton Rouge, LA.
12. Eckblad, J. W., Volden, C. S., and Weilgart, L. S., 1984. Allochthonous drift from backwaters to the main channelof the Mississippi River. Am. Midl. Nat., 111:16–22.
13. Elliott, J. M., 1971. The distance traveled by drifting invertebrates in a Lake District stream. Oecologia, 6:350–379.
14. Gyselman, E. C., 1979. “ The mechanisms that maintain population stability of seleted species of Ephemeroptera in a temperate stream. ”. In Advances in Ephemeroptera biology. Edited by:Flannagan, J. F., and Marshall, K. E., New York, NY.:Plenum Press.
15. Hartzog, L. M., 1975. Phyicochemical characteristics of the lower Mississippi River, at St. Francisville, Louisiana. Unpubl. M.S. thesis. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA
16. Hershey, A. E., Pastor, J., Peterson, B. J., and Kling, G. W., 1993. Stable isotopes resolve the drift paradox for Baetis mayflies in an arctic river. Ecology, 74:2315–2325.
17. Hynes, H. B., 1970. The ecology of running waters. Univ. of Toronto Press, Toronto. N
18. Junk, W. J., Baily, P. B., and Sparks, R. E., 1989. The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems, p Edited by:Dodge, D. P., 110–127. Proceedings of the International Large River Symposium. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 106
19. Koetsier, P., 1986. Local distribution, abundance and composition of macroinvertebrate drift in a cove on the lower Mississippi River. Unpubl. MS Thesis. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA.
20. Koetsier, P., and Bryan, C. F., 1995. Effects of abiotic factors on macroinvertebrate drift in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana. Am. Midl. Nat., 134:63–74.
21. Koetsier, P., Minshall, G. W., and Robinson, C. T., 1995. “ Benthos and macroinvertebrate drift in six streams differing in alkalinity. ”. In Hydrobiologia:in press.
22. Lehmkuhl, D. M., and Anderson, N. H., 1972. Microdistribution and density as factors affecting the downstream drift of mayflies. Ecology, 53:661–667.
23. McLay, C. L., 1970. A theory concerning the distance travelled by animals entering the drift of a stream. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 27:359–370.
24. Merritt, R. W., and Cummins, K. W., eds. 1978. An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America. Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co., Dubque, Iowa.
25. Minshall, G. W., 1984. “ Aquatic insect-substrate relationships ”. In The ecology of aquatic insects. Edited by:Resh, V. H., and Rosenberg, D. M., 358–400. New York, NY.:Praeger Publishers.
26. Müller, K., 1974. Stream drift as a chronobiological phenomenon in running water ecosystems. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., 5:309–323.
27. Newman, R. M., and Waters, T. F., 1984. Size-selective predation in Gammarus pseudolimnaeus by trout and sculpins. Ecology, 65:1535–1545.
28. Pennak, R. W., 1978. Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States, 2nd ed. New York, NY.:Wiley Interscience.
29. Rutherford, D. A., and Bryan, C. F., 1986. Narrative report for nonradiological environmental monitoring:annual report 1985. La. Coop. Fish. Unit, Louisiana St. Univ., Baton Rouge, LA.
30. Sedell, J. R., and Froggatt, J. L., 1984. Importance of streamside forests to large rivers:the isolation of the Willamette River, Oregon, U.S.A., from its floodplain by snagging and streamside forest removal. Verh. Int. Verein. Limnol., 22:1828–1834.
31. Sedell, J. R., Richey, J. E., and Swanson, F. J., 1989. The river continuum concept:a basis for the expected ecosystem behavior of very large rivers?, Proceedings of the International Large River Symposium. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 106 Edited by:Dodge, D. P., 49–55.
32. Siegel, S., and Castellan, N. J., 1988. Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed) New York, NY.:McGraw-Hill, Inc.
33. Skinner, W. D., 1985. Night-day drift patterns and the size of larvae of two aquatic insects. Hydrobiologia, 124:283–285.
34. SYSTAT. 1992. SYSTAT for Windows, v. 5 edition. Evanston, Illinois; SYSTAT, Inc.
35. Walton, O. E., 1980. Invertebrate drift from predator-prey associations. Ecology, 61:1486–1497.
36. Waters, T. F., 1961. Standing crop and drift of stream bottom organisms. Ecology, 42:532–537.
37. Waters, T. F., 1965. Interpretation of invertebrate drift in streams. Ecology, 46:327–334.
38. Waters, T. F., 1972. The drift of stream insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol., 17:253–272.