Cattle waste reduces plant diversity in vernal pool mesocosms

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-145

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

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Filamentous algae; Grazing; Nutrient enrichment; Periphyton; Temporary ponds

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; CATTLE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MESOCOSM; NATIVE SPECIES; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PERIPHYTON; PLANT COMMUNITY; POND; POOL; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURBIDITY; URINE; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER; VERNALIZATION; WASTE; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BOS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79960073471     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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