Comparing herbivory effects of stream macroinvertebrates on microalgal patch structure and recovery

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-367

  Holomuzki, Joseph R ^a,b   Lowe, Rex L ^b,c   Ress, Jennifer A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal community recovery; Deleatidiumspp; Herbivore traits; Microalgal biomass and diversity; Potamopyrgus antipodarum; Pycnocentrodes aeris

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; MICROALGA; MICROCOSM; RECOVERY; SNAIL; STREAM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DELEATIDIUM; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; POTAMOPYRGUS; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM; PYCNOCENTRODES AERIS; STAUROSIRELLA LEPTOSTAURON; STIGEOCLONIUM LUBRICUM; SYNEDRA ULNA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33746572829     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517427     Document Type: Article

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