| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Detritivore Diversity or Dominant Species: What Drives Detrital Processing? |
2010 |
2283 |
The role that biodiversity plays in maintaining ecosystem functioning has been debated for nearly two decades. Previous research suggested that a dominant species (Pycnopsyche gentilis) and not detritivore diversity determined leaf breakdown in a so... |
| Effects of a Low Head Dam on a Dominant Detritivore and Detrital Processing in a Headwater Stream |
2011 |
1545 |
I evaluated the breakdown of yellow birch leaves in the presence and absence of P. gentilis using a leaf pack breakdown experiment. Leaf packs were placed in reaches above the dam where P. gentilis is present and below where it is essentially absent.... |
| Partner Control and Environmental Fouling in the Crayfish-Branchiobdellid Symbiosis |
2012 |
2845 |
Previous research found that crayfish (Cambarus chasmodactylus) may be engaged in a cleaning mutualism with ectosymbiotic worms (Annelida: Branchiobdellidae), yet mechanisms for symbiosis establishment and maintenance remain unknown. In addition, it ... |
| Ontogenetic Shifts and Symbiont Succession in a Freshwater Cleaning Symbiosis Mutualism |
2014 |
1622 |
Host-symbiont associations and the outcome of symbioses may vary over host ontogeny. I examined how changes in crayfish size can influence their associations with ectosymbiotic branchiobdellidan worms and the consequences of these associations for bo... |
| The Dilution Effect In A Freshwater Mutualism |
2017 |
743 |
The dilution effect describes the effect of host diversity on parasite abundance—with greater host diversity, parasite levels per host are predicted to be lower, due to several possible mechanisms including a higher probability of parasites encounter... |
| The Effect Of Introduced Trout On Native, Non-Game Fish In The Watauga River, NC |
2004 |
215 |
Non-native trout are stocked around the world, including in the United States. The effect of these introductions on native fish populations is, however, understudied. Introduced trout have the potential to negatively affect native fish populations th... |
| Does A Predator Transition Determine The Distribution Of Crayfish In The New River, NC? |
2000 |
153 |
The stream-dwelling crayfish fauna of the New River in western NC, consists of three common species (Orconectes cristavarius, Cambarus chasmodactylus, and Cambarus bartonni) and a rare species (Cambarus aspermanus) . . . In this study I evaluated the... |
| Do Inhibitory Interactions Between Detritivores Influence Leaf Breakdown? |
2014 |
1720 |
Recent research suggests that inhibitory interactions among detritivore taxa may influence the effect of either taxa on detrital processing. Larvae of the stonefly Tallaperla maria were found to inhibit leaf consumption by larvae of the cranefly Tipu... |
| The Central Stoneroller, CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM (Family: Cyprinidae): Ecosystem Engineers In The New River? |
2005 |
199 |
The central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) is found throughout the Midwest and in the Tennessee drainages of the southern Appalachians. I hypothesized that the central stoneroller is engineering habitats by reducing sediment accumulation while fee... |
| The Effects Of An Invasive Crayfish (Faxonius Cristavarius) On Native Symbiont Communities In The New River In North Carolina |
2023 |
188 |
A few species of branchiobdellidan worms engage in a mutualism with native crayfish hosts. Faxonius cristavarius, an invasive crayfish, is a noncompetent host of branchiobdellidans and will remove any worms that colonize it. The distributions of thre... |
| Land Use Impacts On Leaf Processing And Invertebrate Communities In Southern Appalachian Streams |
2000 |
187 |
Land use impacts on leaf processing rates and macroinvertebrate communities were examined in Greene Creek and Sims Creek, headwater streams in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. In this study changes resulting from the conversion of a forested ripar... |