Ecosystem-level effects of bioturbation by the tadpole shrimp Lepidurus packardi in temporary pond mesocosms

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 665, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-181

  Croel, Russell C ^a   Kneitel, Jamie M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineering; Macrophytes; Notostraca; Sediment disturbance; Turbidity; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; POOL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDURUS PACKARDI; NOTOSTRACA;

EID: 79955828397     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0620-9     Document Type: Article

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