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nutrient spiraling — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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nutrient spiraling

Scope: biogeochemistry

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on nutrient spiraling with 42 nodes and 130 connections. Top connected: Bacteria, aquatic insects, Baetis, Trichoptera, Baetis bicaudatus.

Definition

The downstream transport and repeated cycling of nutrients through uptake and release in stream ecosystems

Related Terms (2)

uptakenutrient uptake

Publications (2)

High-discharge disturbance does not alter the seasonal trajectory of nutrient uptake in a montane stream

2021Hydrobiologiacentral

Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

Related Concepts (10)

groundwater-surface water interactions

process1 shared paper

mountain hydrology

framework1 shared paper

animal-driven nutrient cycling

process1 shared paper

flood disturbance

phenomenon1 shared paper

biofilm succession

process1 shared paper

TASCC method

measurement1 shared paper

algal-heterotroph balance

framework1 shared paper

positive feedback loop

process1 shared paper

realized tolerance

measurement1 shared paper

water quality standards

framework1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Bacteria

Baetis bicaudatus

Baetidae1 paper

Prosimulium

Simuliidae1 paper

B. bicaudatus

benthic algae

aquatic insects

Didymosphenia geminata

Gomphonemataceae1 paper

Epeorus longimanus

Heptageniidae1 paper

Rhithrogena hageni

Heptageniidae1 paper

Megarcys signata

Perlodidae1 paper