Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 311-337

  Cross, Wyatt F ^a,b   Baxter, Colden V ^c   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^d,e   Hall Jr , Robert O ^b   Kennedy, Theodore A ^f   Donner, Kevin C ^c,g   Kelly, Holly A Wellard ^e   Seegert, Sarah E Z ^e   Behn, Kathrine E ^c,f   Yard, Michael D ^f  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Natural Resources Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Ecotrophic efficiencies; Energetics; Food web stability; Glen Canyon Dam; Interaction strengths; Organic matter flows; Regulated river; Secondary production; Species interactions; Trophic basis of production

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRELATION; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RIVER SYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882262882     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1727.1     Document Type: Article

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