Concepts
4 concepts
process
animal-driven nutrient cycling
The contribution of animals to ecosystem nutrient fluxes through excretion, with supply determined by animal biomass, excretion rates, and time spent in the ecosystem
measurement
coarse particulate organic matter
Organic matter particles larger than 1 mm, including intact leaves and larger detrital fragments
measurement
mass-specific excretion rate
the rate of nutrient excretion per unit body mass of an organism
process
nutrient spiraling
The downstream transport and repeated cycling of nutrients through uptake and release in stream ecosystems