Herbivory by an invasive snail increases nitrogen fixation in a nitrogen-limited stream

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1309-1317

  Arango, Clay Porter ^a,b   Riley, Leslie Anne ^c   Tank, Jennifer Leah ^b   Hall Jr , Robert Ogden ^d  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PERIPHYTON; SNAIL; STREAM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; POLECAT CREEK; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; GASTROPODA; POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM;

EID: 70349544143     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-079     Document Type: Article

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