Lake Outlets and the Distribution of Filter Feeders: An Assessment of Hypotheses
Oikos1991Vol. 62(3), pp. 370–370
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Abstract
Dense assemblages of filter-feeding invertebrates at lake outlets, and their abrupt decline downstream, have been attributed to gradients in food (seston : quantity, quality, particle size), temperature, flow regime (discharge, turbulence, depth), substrate, competition, predation, and to the colonization cycle. In this paper we critically review the evidence for the several hypotheses. Empirical support is strongest for the three food hypotheses and for those addressing depth, competition, and the colonization cycle. The hypotheses are not independent because the capture of seston is dependent on certain environmental factors and the use of filtering sites. Certain species appear to be outlet specialists
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