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dc.contributor.author | Thoms, Martin | en |
dc.contributor.author | Delong, M D | en |
dc.contributor.author | Flotemersch, J E | en |
dc.contributor.author | Collins, S E | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-05T16:52:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Geomorphology, v.290, p. 277-287 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1872-695X | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0169-555X | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22459 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The geomorphological character of a river network provides the template upon which evolution acts to create unique biological communities. Deciphering commonly observed patterns and processes within riverine landscapes resulting from the interplay between physical and biological components is a central tenet for the interdisciplinary field of river science. Relationships between the physical heterogeneity and food web character of functional process zones (FPZs)-large tracts of river with a similar geomorphic character-in the Kanawha River (West Virginia, USA) are examined in this study. Food web character was measured as food chain length (FCL), which reflects ecological community structure and ecosystem function. Our results show that the same basal resources were present throughout the Kanawha River but that their assimilation into the aquatic food web by primary consumers differed between FPZs. Differences in the trophic position of higher consumers (fish) were also recorded between FPZs. Overall, the morphological heterogeneity and heterogeneity of the river bed sediment of FPZs were significantly correlated with FCL. Specifically, FCL increases with greater FPZ physical heterogeneity. The result of this study does not support the current paradigm that ecosystem size is the primary determinant of food web character in river ecosystems. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Geomorphology | en |
dc.title | Physical heterogeneity and aquatic community function in river networks: A case study from the Kanawah river Basin, USA | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.02.027 | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Freshwater Ecology | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Martin | en |
local.contributor.firstname | M D | en |
local.contributor.firstname | J E | en |
local.contributor.firstname | S E | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 060204 Freshwater Ecology | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 040601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 960999 Land and Water Management of Environments not elsewhere classified | en |
local.profile.school | School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences | en |
local.profile.email | mthoms2@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-chute-20170614-124424 | en |
local.publisher.place | Netherlands | en |
local.format.startpage | 277 | en |
local.format.endpage | 287 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 85018319080 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 290 | en |
local.title.subtitle | A case study from the Kanawah river Basin, USA | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Thoms | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Delong | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Flotemersch | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Collins | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:mthoms2 | en |
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local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:22648 | en |
local.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22459 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Physical heterogeneity and aquatic community function in river networks | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Thoms, Martin | en |
local.search.author | Delong, M D | en |
local.search.author | Flotemersch, J E | en |
local.search.author | Collins, S E | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000405056100021 | en |
local.year.published | 2017 | en |
local.fileurl.closedpublished | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/7e0053d8-582b-4142-9de0-4a978e5711ed | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 370702 Ecohydrology | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 370901 Geomorphology and earth surface processes | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 180307 Rehabilitation or conservation of fresh, ground and surface water environments | en |
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local.codeupdate.date | 2022-03-01T17:18:44.652 | en |
local.codeupdate.eperson | mthoms2@une.edu.au | en |
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local.original.for2020 | 370906 Regolith and landscape evolution | en |
local.original.for2020 | 310304 Freshwater ecology | en |
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local.original.seo2020 | undefined | en |
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