Ecosystem processes performed by unionid mussels in stream mesocosms: Species roles and effects of abundance

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 527, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-47

  Vaughn, Caryn C ^a   Gido, Keith B ^a   Spooner, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

biodeposition; biomass; bivales; clearance rates; ecosystem processes; functional redundancy; mussels; nutrient cycling; nutrient excretion; species roles; stream; stream mesocosms; unionidae

Indexed keywords

BIODEPOSITION; MUSSELS; SPECIES;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; HYDROLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLEARANCE RATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MESOCOSM; MOLLUSC; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STREAM;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

ACTINONAIAS; ACTINONAIAS LIGAMENTINA; ALGAE; AMBLEMA PLICATA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 5444275318     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000043180.30420.00     Document Type: Article

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