Weak top-down control of grazers and periphyton by slimy sculpins in a coldwater stream

Agriculture & Biology

• Cottus cognatus 100%
• Glossosoma 89%
• periphyton 76%
• tiles 47%
• invertebrates 40%
• biomass 23%
• gravel 23%
• fish 22%
• Baetis 14%
• fish behavior 13%
• larvae 11%
• macroinvertebrates 11%
• clay 9%
• valleys 8%
• algae 7%
• summer 6%
• testing 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• top-down control 79%
• periphyton 72%
• invertebrate 50%
• fish 35%
• riffle 29%
• biomass 28%
• larva 22%
• gravel 20%
• enclosure experiment 17%
• substrate 16%
• trophic cascade 15%
• macroinvertebrate 11%
• predation 10%
• creek 10%
• alga 9%
• effect 8%
• valley 8%
• summer 6%
• test 4%