Fish foraging effects on benthic assemblages along a warm-temperate stream: Differences among drift feeders, benthic predators and grazers
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Fish forgaging effects on periphyton and benthic invertebrates changing along a longitudinal gradient of a warm-temperate stream in southwestern Japan are examined. A subsequent enclosure experiment showed that the reduction of invertebrate densities at the lower site is caused by the grazers rather than benthic intevertebrate feeders.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2006
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Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on benthic communities: epilithic food quality and invertebrate growth in four montane lakes
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The direct effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on benthic invertebrates and epilithon are investigated. The indirect effect of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-mediated shifts in epilithic food quality on epilithic consumers is examined.
Publication Name: Oikos
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0030-1299
Year: 2003
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