| Impact ID | 8197 |
| Impact Type | Predation/Herbivory |
| Study Type | Experimental |
| Study Location | Laboratory |
| Impact Description | Laboratory research on the impact of grazing by Bithynia tentaculata indicated that it can have complex impacts on the periphyton community. Through direct and indirect effects, faucet snail (Bithynia tentaculata) grazing contributed to a shift from larger filamentous algae to small prostrate forms, was associated with a significant reduction in the biomass of heterotrophic nanoflagellates and ciliates, and was also linked to a weak decline in meiofauna biomass. |
| Reference | 24550 |
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