Course Reference list

Reference list - 

River continuum concept:

Vannote, R.L., G.W. Minshall, K.W. Cummins, J.R. Sedell, and C.E. Cushing. 1980. The River continuum Concept. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 37:130-137.

Minshall, G.W., K.W. Cummins, R.C. Petersen, C.E. Cushing, D.A. Bruns, J.R. Sedell, and R.L. Vannote. 1985. Developments in stream ecosystem theory. Can.J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42:1045-1055.

Minshall et al. 1983. Interbiome comparison of stream ecosystem dynamics. Ecol. Monogr. 51:1-25.

Naiman et al. 1987. Longitudinal patterns of ecosystem processes and community structure in a subarctic river continuum. Ecology 68:1139-1156.

Criticisms of the RCC-

Hawkins, C.P. 1988. Effects of watershed vegetation and disturbance on invertebrate community structure in western cascade streams: implications for stream ecosystem theory. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 23:1167-1173.

Meyer, J.L. 1990. A blackwater perspective on riverine ecosystems. Bioscience 40:643-651.

Statzner, B. and Higler. 1985. Questions and comments on the River Continuum Concept. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42:1038-1044.

Serial discontinuity concept-

Ward, J. V. & J.S. Stanford. 1983. The serial discontinuity concept of lotic ecosystems. Ch. 2 in T.D. Fontaine and S.M. Bartell (editors), Dynamics of lotic ecosystems. Ann Arbor Science Publishers.

Functional feeding group concept-

Cummins, K.W.. 1973. Trophic relations of aquatic insects. Ann. Rev. Ent. 18:183-206.

Cummins, K.W. 1974. Structure and function of stream ecosystems. Bioscience 24:631-641.

Cummins, K. W. and M.J. Klug. 1979. Feeding ecology of stream invertebrates. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst 10:147-172.

Mihuc, T.B. 1997. The functional trophic role of lotic primary consumers: generalist versus specialist strategies. Freshwater Biology 37:455-462.

Space, Time

Closs and Lake. 1994. Spatial and temporal variation in the structure of an intermittent-stream food web. Ecol. Mon. 64:1-21.

Downes et al. 1993. Spatial variation in the distribution of stream invertebrates: implications of patchiness for models of community organization. FW Biol. 30:119-132.

Minshall. 1988. Stream ecosystem theory: a global perspective. JNABS 7:263-288.

Pahl-Wostl. C. 1993. The hierarchical organization of the aquatic ecosystem: an outline of how reductionism and holism may be reconciled. Ecological Modelling 66:81-100.

Poff, N.L. and J.V. Ward. 1989. Implications of streamflow variability and predictability for lotic community structure: a regional analysis of streamflow patterns. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 46:1805-1818.

Poff. N.L. and J.V. Ward. 1990. Physical habitat template of lotic systems: recovery in the context of historical pattern of spatiotemporal heterogeneity. Env. Manage. 14:629-645.

Peterson and Grimm. 1992. Temporal variation in enrichment effects during periphyton succession in a nitrogen-limited desert stream. JNABS 11:20-36.

 Ward, J.V. 1990. The four-dimensional nature of lotic ecosystems JNABS 8:2-8.

Patch dynamics- Disturbance

Fisher, S.G. 1990. Recovery processes in lotic ecosystems: limits of successional theory. Env. Manage. 14:725-736.

Lake, P.S.  2000.  Disturbance, patchiness, and diversity in streams.  J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 19:573-592.

Lignon, et al. 1995. Downstream Ecological effects of Dams. Bioscience 45:183192.

Poff, N.L. 1992. Why disturbance can be predictable: a perspective on the definition of disturbance in streams. JNABS 11:87-92.

Pringle et al. 1988. Patch dynamics in lotic systems: the stream as a mosaic. JNABS 7:503-524.

Resh et. al. 1988. The role of disturbance in stream ecology. JNABS 7:433-455.

Reice et al. 1990. Disturbance regimes, resilience and recovery of animal communities and habitats in lotic ecosystems. Env. Manage. 14:647-659.

Steinman, A.D. and C. D. McIntire. 1990. Recovery of lotic periphyton communities from disturbance. Env. Manage. 14:589-604.

Townsend, C.R. 1989. The patch dynamics concept of stream community ecology. JNABS 8:36-50.

Wallace, J.B. 1990. Recovery of lotic macroinvertebrate communities from disturbance. Env. Manage. 14:605-620.

Autotrophy/Heterotrophy

Bott et al. 1985. Benthic community metabolism in four temperate stream systems:... Hydrobiologia 123:3-45.

Mihuc, T.B., and G.W. Minshall. 1995. Trophic generalists vs. Trophic specialists: implications for food web dynamics in post-fire streams. Ecology 76:361-2372.

Rosenfeld and Mackay. 1987. Assessing the food base of stream ecosystems: alternatives to the P/R ratio. Oilos 50:141-147.

Microbial dynamics- metabolism

Kaplan and Bott. 1985 Acclimation of stream-bed heterotrophic microflora: metabolic responses to dissolved organic matter. FW Biology 15:479-492.

Edwards and Meyer 1986. Production and turnover of planktonic bacteria in two southeastern blackwater rivers. Applied and Environ. Microbiol. 52:1317-1323.

Meyer and Edwards. 1990. Ecosystem metabolism and turnover of organic carbon along a blackwater river continuum. Ecology 71:668-677.  

  Biotic/Abiotic interactions-       

Craig, D.A. 1990. Behavioural hydrodynamics on Cloeon dipterum larvae. JNABS 9:346-357.

Degani et al. 1993. Relationship between current velocity, depth and the invertebrate community in a stable river system. Hydrobiologia 263:163-172.

Dudley and D’Antonio. 1991. The effects of substrate texture, grazing and disturbance on macroalgal establishment in streams Ecology 72:297-309.

Power, M.E. et al. 1988. Biotic and abiotic controls in river and stream communities. JNABS 7:456-479.

Statzner and Higler. 1986. Stream hydraulics as a major determinant of benthic invertebrate zonation patterns. FW Biology 16:127-139.

Williams, D. and K.A. Moore. 1985. The role of epilithon in substrate selection by stream invertebrates. Arch. Hydrobiol. 105:105-115.

Community dynamics

Gilliam et al. 1989. Strong effects of foraging minnows on a stream benthic invertebrate community. Ecology 70:445-452.

Minshall and Petersen 1985. Towards a theory of macroinvertebrate community structure in stream ecosystems. Archiv. Hydrobiol. 104:49-76.

Primary production

Lock et al. 1984. River epilithon: toward a structural-functional model. Oikos 42:10-22.

Secondary production

Benke & Jacobi. 1994. Production dynamics and resource utilization of snag-dwelling majflies in a blackwater river. Ecology 75:1219-1232.

Benke, A.C. 1993. Concepts and patterns of invertebrate production in running waters. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25:15-38.

 Organic matter- Detritus

Culp and Davies. 1985. Responses of benthic macroinvertebrate species to manipulation of interstitial detritus in Carnation Creek, B.C., Can. J. Fish. Aq. Sci. 42:139-146.

Cummins et al. 1989. Shredders and riparian vegetation. BioScience 39:24-30.

Peterson et al. 1989. Microbial and animal processing of detritus in a woodland stream. Ecol. Mon. 59:21-39.

Nutrient spiraling/ retention

Elwood et al. 1983. Resource spiraling: an operational paradigm for analyzing lotic ecosystems. Ch. 1 in T.D. Fontaine and S.M. Bartell (editors), Dynamics of lotic ecosystems. Ann Arbor Science Publishers.

Smock et al. 1989. Role of debris dams in the structure and functioning of low-gradient headwater streams. Ecology 70:764-775.

Nutrient dynamics

Meyer et al. 1988. Elemental Dynamics in streams. JNABS 7:410-432.