Grazing Effects on Periphyton byTheodoxus fluviatilis(Gastropoda) in a Lowland Stream
作者:
JeanM. Jacoby,
期刊:
Journal of Freshwater Ecology
(Taylor Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue 2
页码: 265-274
ISSN:0270-5060
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1080/02705060.1985.9665115
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The development of attached algal communities in a lowland stream in central Sweden was investigated with reference to differing levels of grazing pressure. An enclosure-exclosure method was used to measure periphytic biomass accrual and community structure in the presence of low, natural, and high densities of the gastropodTheodoxus fluviatilis. A highly significant difference (p < .01) in chlorophylla, carbon, and nitrogen was observed between chambers with low grazer density and those with natural and high grazer densities. Chambers with natural and high densities ofT. fluviatilishad lower percent composition of filamentous green algae (mainlyCladophora) and lower C/N ratios in the periphyton.
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