Salinization triggers a trophic cascade in experimental freshwater communities with varying food-chain length

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• trophic cascade 100%
• salinization 82%
• food chain 76%
• road salt 62%
• filamentous alga 43%
• fish 37%
• phytoplankton 33%
• salt 29%
• zooplankton 28%
• periphyton 25%
• snail 23%
• effect 17%
• wetland 16%
• mortality 16%
• salinity 14%
• biomass 12%
• lake 12%
• freshwater ecosystem 11%
• amphipod 11%
• mesocosm 11%
• macroinvertebrate 10%
• trophic level 10%
• food web 9%
• biota 9%
• community structure 8%
• chloride 8%
• nutrient 6%
• chemical 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• food chain 78%
• salts 50%
• Viviparus georgianus 39%
• phytoplankton 38%
• roads 36%
• zooplankton 29%
• fish 26%
• periphyton 24%
• algae 22%
• clams 20%
• wetlands 17%
• Sphaerium 16%
• lakes 15%
• salinity 14%
• Hyalella azteca 14%
• predatory fish 13%
• freshwater ecosystems 12%
• biomass 11%
• macroinvertebrates 10%
• trophic levels 10%
• food webs 10%
• Amphipoda 9%
• community structure 8%
• snails 8%
• chlorides 7%
• Canada 7%
• nutrients 5%
• organisms 5%