Subsidy-stress response of macroinvertebrate community biomass to a phosphorus gradient in an oligotrophic wetland ecosystem

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 491-508

  King, Ryan S ^a   Richardson, Curtis J ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological stoichiometry; Ecological thresholds; Eutrophication; Everglades; Fish; Food quality; Food webs; Nonlinear responses; Nutrient ratios; Periphyton; Resource limitation; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SAMPLING BIAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HIRUDINEA; ISOPODA; ODONATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA; TYPHA;

EID: 34547691273     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/06-002R.1     Document Type: Article

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