Direct and indirect effects of central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) on mesocosm recovery following a flood: Can macroconsumers affect denitrification?

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 840-852

  Reisinger, Alexander J ^a,b   Presuma, Dumi L ^a,c   Gido, Keith B ^a   Dodds, Walter K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campostoma; denitrification; ecosystem function; flood; grazer; mesocosm; prairie streams; recovery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CYPRINID; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GRAZING; HEADWATER; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PERTURBATION; PRAIRIE;

ALGAE; CAMPOSTOMA; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 79960262171     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-169.1     Document Type: Article

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