Indirect upstream effects of dams: Consequences of migratory consumer extirpation in Puerto Rico

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 339-352

  Greathouse, Effie A ^a   Pringle, Catherine M ^a   McDowell, William H ^b   Holmquist, Jeff G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidromy; Benthic invertebrates; Decapoda; Fishes; Freshwater shrimps; Migratory fauna; Natural experiment; Omnivorous macrobiota; Primary consumer; Tropical stream

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MIGRATORY SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; PENAEIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PENAEIDAE; PUERTO RICO; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33645100551     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0243     Document Type: Article

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