Midges, Cladophora, and epiphytes: Shifting interactions through succession

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-107

  Furey, Paula C ^a,c   Lowe, Rex L ^b   Power, Mary E ^a   Campbell Craven, Alexis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal grazer interactions; Cladophora; Cocconeis; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Epithemia; Food webs; Mediterranean climate; Midge; Nitrogen fixation; Pseudochironomus

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; EPIPHYTE; FLY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING; GREEN ALGA; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; COCCONEIS; CYANOBACTERIA; EPITHEMIA; PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS; PSEUDOCHIRONOMUS RICHARDSONI; RHOPALODIACEAE;

EID: 84873706963     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-021.1     Document Type: Article

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