Publications by authors named "Takamitsu Ando"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how drifting plankton from a reservoir affects downstream food webs and community structures in rivers, particularly within 10 kilometers of a dam.
- Using isotopes and a mixing model, researchers found that plankton contributed significantly to the diets of certain macroinvertebrates, especially just below the dam, but this contribution dropped off as distance increased.
- The findings suggest that the presence of drifting plankton can change the energy sources for aquatic communities downstream, with more diverse and abundant collector-filterers and predators being positively linked to higher zooplankton densities in the water.
