Trait-mediated indirect effects of predatory fish on microbial mineralization in aquatic sediments

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3152-3159

  Stief, Peter ^a,c   Hölker, Franz ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioirrigation; Bioturbation; Chemical communication; Fish; Food web; Freshwater sediment; Indirect effect; Kairomone; Microsensor; Mineralization; Nutrient dynamics; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PHEROMONE;

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOMINERALIZATION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LARVA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PHEROMONES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS RIPARIUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 33845703560     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3152:TIEOPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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