Effects of the herbivorous minnow, southern redbelly dace (Phoxinus erythrogaster), on stream productivity and ecosystem structure

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-81

  Bertrand, Katie N ^a   Gido, Keith B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazers; Prairie streams; Stream metabolism

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALGA; BIOMASS; CYPRINID; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; MESOCOSM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER;

ALGA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATES; KANSAS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS;

ALGAE; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CYPRINIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS ERYTHROGASTER;

EID: 33846646572     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0569-y     Document Type: Article

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