Ecosystem engineering by crayfish in a headwater stream community

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-236

  Creed Jr , Robert P ^a   Reed, James M ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambarus bartonii; Chironomids; Crayfish; Detrital processing; Harpacticoid copepods; Heptageniid mayflies; Sediment accumulation; Size selective predation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAYFISH; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CAMBARUS; CAMBARUS BARTONII; CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HARPACTICOIDA; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS;

EID: 2942568231     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0224:EEBCIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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