Macroinvertebrate grazers, current velocity, and bedload transport rate influence periphytic accrual in a field-scale experimental stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 652, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Merten, Eric C ^a   Hintz, William D ^b   Lightbody, Anne F ^c   Wellnitz, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedload transport rate; Chlorophyll a; Experimental stream; Near bed current velocity; Periphyton

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT RATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLAY TILE; CURRENT VELOCITY; ELECTRIC PULSE; FIELD SCALE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MINNEAPOLIS; PERIPHYTONS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; STREAM ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES;

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDRAULICS; PORPHYRINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

BUOYANCY;

BEDLOAD; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CURRENT VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PERIPHYTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954690204     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0329-1     Document Type: Article

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