Nutrient recycling by caddisflies alleviates phosphorus limitation in case periphyton
| العنوان: | Nutrient recycling by caddisflies alleviates phosphorus limitation in case periphyton |
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| المؤلفون: | Eric A. Strauss, Robert J. Mooney, Roger J. Haro |
| المصدر: | Freshwater Science. 33:1086-1092 |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Chicago Press, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Nutrient cycle, Ecology, Cobble, Aquatic Science, Biology, biology.organism_classification, Substrate (marine biology), Nutrient, Animal science, Caddisfly, Grazing, Botany, Periphyton, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Invertebrate |
| الوصف: | Selective feeding and differential nutrient excretion by aquatic invertebrates plays a substantial role in nutrient recycling. Grazing larvae of the caddisfly Glossosoma intermedium construct a portable case for protection that also serves as a good substrate for periphyton colonization because it is constantly fertilized by larval excreta. We tested whether case periphyton was nutrient enriched compared to streambed periphyton and whether selective feeding by caddisfly larvae on case periphyton facilitates P remineralization. We measured total N, total P, and N∶P in stream water and streambed cobble periphyton in 3 western Wisconsin streams. We collected larvae and measured N and P content and N∶P of case periphyton, G. intermedium body, and G. intermedium excretion products. Cobble periphyton N∶P at 2 streams suggested P limitation (368 ± 109 and 50 ± 10), but case periphyton N∶P at those streams did not (11 ± 3 and 11 ± 0.8, respectively). Neither cobble nor case periphyton N∶Ps suggested P lim... |
| تدمد: | 2161-9565 2161-9549 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/677806 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::a9e625162866c5a57636aa8a496afe54 https://doi.org/10.1086/677806 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........a9e625162866c5a57636aa8a496afe54 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 21619565 21619549 |
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| DOI: | 10.1086/677806 |