Gastropod grazers and nutrients, but not light, interact in determining periphytic algal diversity

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Liess, Antonia ^a   Kahlert, Maria ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological stoichiometry; Nutrient ratios; Periphyton; Viviparus viviparus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGA; AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GASTROPOD; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERIPHYTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE; CHAETOPHORALES; GASTROPODA; SPIROGYRA SP.; VIVIPARUS VIVIPARUS;

EID: 34247403361     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0636-4     Document Type: Article

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