Consumer Regulation of Nutrient Cycling

Examples from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems illustrate that consumer activities alter nutrient cycling rates. Nutrients are translocated by migrations that cross system boundaries and by processes that mix soils and sediments. Transformation of substrates and prey communities change surface/vol...

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Published inBioscience Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 28 - 34
Main Authors Kitchell, James F., O'Neill, Robert V., Webb, David, Gallepp, George W., Bartell, Steven M., Koonce, Joseph F., Ausmus, Beverly S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Institute of Biological Sciences 01.01.1979
University of California Press
Subjects
Closed ecological systems
Closed ecosystems
Ecological research
Feces
Forest soils
Freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater fishes
Health aspects
Lentic systems
Mineral soils
Nutrient cycle
Phosphorus
Soil nutrients
Zooplankton
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Summary:Examples from terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems illustrate that consumer activities alter nutrient cycling rates. Nutrients are translocated by migrations that cross system boundaries and by processes that mix soils and sediments. Transformation of substrates and prey communities change surface/volume ratios in ways that increase or decrease nutrient flux.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.2307/1307570