Diatoms from gut contents of museum specimens of an endangered minnow suggest long-term ecological changes in the Rio Grande (USA)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Shirey, Patrick D ^a,b   Cowley, David E ^a   Sallenave, Rossana ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diatoms; Hybognathus amarus; Oligotrophication; Rio Grande silvery minnow; River limnology

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOINDICATOR; CYPRINID; DETRITUS; DIATOM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MUSEUM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOMACH CONTENT;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYPRINIDAE; FRAGILARIACEAE; HYBOGNATHUS AMARUS; NAVICULA CAPITATORADIATA; NAVICULA CRYPTOTENELLA; NITZSCHIA PALEA; PALEA; SELLAPHORA PUPULA;

EID: 46249130034     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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