Ecosystem engineering by tubificid worms stimulates macrophyte growth in poorly oxygenated wetland sediments

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 444-453

  Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^a   Lemoine, Damien G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Animal plant microbe interactions; Aquatic macrophytes; Biogeochemical processes; Bioturbation; Plant ecophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; EARTHWORM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FLY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NICHE; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; THRESHOLD; WETLAND;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; ELODEA CANADENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 77950234244     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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