Predation effects of benthivorous fish on grazing and shredding macroinvertebrates in a detritus-based stream food web

Limnologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Winkelmann, Carola ^a   Worischka, Susanne ^a   Koop, Jochen H E ^b   Benndorf, Jürgen ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Gammarus pulex; Gobio gobio; Predation; Rhithrogena semicolorata; Top down control

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CYPRINID; GRAZING; GUILD; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STREAM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

EPHEMEROPTERA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GOBIO; GOBIO GOBIO; RHITHROGENA SEMICOLORATA;

EID: 34247258866     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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