Does predation by the introduced rainbow trout cascade down to detritus and algae in a forested small stream in Patagonia?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 651, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-172

  Buria, Leonardo ^a,b   Albariño, Ricardo ^a   Villanueva, Verónica Díaz ^a   Modenutti, Beatriz ^a   Balseiro, Esteban ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^b Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Leaf litter; Periphyton; Primary consumers; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; LEAF LITTER; PERIPHYTONS; PRIMARY CONSUMERS; TROPHIC CASCADES;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; PORPHYRINS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALMONID; STREAM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77953873791     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0293-9     Document Type: Article

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