Nitrogen processing by grazers in a headwater stream: riparian connections

Hill, Walter R.; Griffiths, Natalie A.

doi:10.1111/fwb.12833

Nitrogen processing by grazers in a headwater stream: riparian connections

Journal Article · Wed Oct 19 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Freshwater Biology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12833· OSTI ID:1354680

Hill, Walter R. ^[1]; Griffiths, Natalie A. ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL (United States). Illinois Natural History Survey and Prairie Research Inst.
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Climate Change Science Inst. and Environmental Sciences Division

Primary consumers play important roles in the cycling of nutrients in headwater streams, storing assimilated nutrients in growing tissue and recycling them through excretion. Though environmental conditions in most headwater streams and their surrounding terrestrial ecosystems vary considerably over the course of a year, relatively little is known about the effects of seasonality on consumer nutrient recycling these streams. Here, we measured nitrogen accumulated through growth and excreted by the grazing snail Elimia clavaeformis (Pleuroceridae) over the course of 12 months in Walker Branch, identifying close connections between in-stream nitrogen processing and seasonal changes in the surrounding forest.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1354680

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1401487

Journal Information:: Freshwater Biology, Journal Name: Freshwater Biology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 62; ISSN 0046-5070

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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