Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems
Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems
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Durham: Ecological Society of America
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English
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Durham: Ecological Society of America
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There is ample evidence that tube-dwelling invertebrates such as chironomids significantly alter multiple important ecosystem functions, particularly in shallow lakes. Chironomids pump large water volumes, and associated suspended and dissolved substances, through the sediment and thereby compete with pelagic filter feeders for particulate organic...
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Tube-dwelling invertebrates: tiny ecosystem engineers have large effects in lake ecosystems
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_24819243
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_24819243
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0012-9615
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1557-7015
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10.1890/14-1160.1
