Ecosystem engineering at the sediment-water interface: Bioturbation and consumer-substrate interaction

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Nogaro, Géraldine ^a,f   Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^a   Valett, Maurice H ^b   François Carcaillet, Frédérique ^c   Gaudet, Jean Paul ^d   Lafont, Michel ^e   Gibert, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up influences; Clogging; Hydraulic conductivity; Invertebrates; Top down influences

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOTURBATION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER FLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 67649313553     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1365-2     Document Type: Article

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