Context-dependent species identity effects within a functional group of filter-feeding bivalves

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1654-1662

  Vaughn, Caryn C ^a   Spooner, Daniel E ^a   Galbraith, Heather S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bivalvia; Ecosystem function; Functional group; Species identity; Species richness; Stream; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FILTER FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACTINONAIAS; ACTINONAIAS LIGAMENTINA; ALGAE; BIVALVIA; UNIONIDAE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNIONIDAE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 34548439495     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0471.1     Document Type: Article

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