Landuse intensity in stream catchments affects the benthic food web: Consequences for nutrient supply, periphyton C:nutrient ratios, and invertebrate richness and abundance

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 813-824

  Liess, Antonia ^a,b   Le Gros, Ariane ^a   Wagenhoff, Annika ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Matthaei, Christoph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

benthic algae; benthic invertebrates; ecological stoichiometry; eutrophication; grazers; land use; N cycle; nutrient ratios; species richness; stream ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAMWATER;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884322248     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-019.1     Document Type: Article

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