Food webs and the Upper Mississippi River: Contributions to our understanding of ecosystem function in large rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 640, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-101

  Delong, Michael D ^a  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Management; River theory; Stable isotopes; Trophic dynamics; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC CONTROLS; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FEEDING HABITS; FISH DIETS; FLOOD PLAINS; FOOD WEBS; HYDROLOGICAL PATTERNS; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT; LARGE RIVERS; MICRO-ALGAE; NEW TOOLS; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PREDATOR-PREY; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RIVER REHABILITATION; RIVERINE ECOSYSTEMS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY; STABLE ISOTOPES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI; ZEBRA MUSSELS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROALGA; PLANKTIVORE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC CONTROL;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINIDAE; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 75849119402     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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