Exotic Snails Dominate Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in a Highly Productive Stream

Linking Exotic Snails to Carbon Cycling in Kelly Warm Springs, Grand Teton National Park

Functional Gene Composition, Diversity and Redundancy in Microbial Stream Biofilm Communities

We surveyed the functional gene composition and diversity of microbial biofilm communities in 18 New Zealand streams affected by different types of catchment land use, using a comprehensive functional gene array, GeoChip 3.0. A total of 5,371 nutrient cycling and energy metabolism genes within 65 gene families were detected among all samples (342 to 2,666 genes per stream). Carbon cycling genes...

Catalytic removal of nitrogen dioxide in the air stream by nickel and nickel- platinum supported multiwall carbon nanotube.

Introduction Nitrogen oxides as one of the most dangerous environmental pollutant, have harmful effects on the health of people in the workplace. Today, the catalytic oxidation of nitrogen oxides is a highly efficient method for removing of this gases  that has been dedicated part of researches. The aim of study was to investigate the removal efficiency of  nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by nickel and...

Extremely high secondary production of introduced snails in rivers.

The functional importance of invasive animals may be measured as the degree to which they dominate secondary production, relative to native animals. We used this approach to examine dominance of invertebrate secondary production by invasive New Zealand mudsnails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in rivers. We measured secondary production of mudsnails and native invertebrates in three rivers in the Gr...

Parasite infection alters nitrogen cycling at the ecosystem scale.

Despite growing evidence that parasites often alter nutrient flows through their hosts and can comprise a substantial amount of biomass in many systems, whether endemic parasites influence ecosystem nutrient cycling, and which nutrient pathways may be important, remains conjectural. A framework to evaluate how endemic parasites alter nutrient cycling across varied ecosystems requires an underst...