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Shredders
Grazers
Predators
Microbes
1
Collectors
Trout
Collectors
2
Periphyton
Coarse
particulate
matter
Smallmouth
bass
Microbes
Shredders
Fine
particulate
matter
Predators
3
Va scular
hydrophytes
Grazers
4
5
Perch
Periphyton
Coarse
particulate
matter
6
Fine
particulate
matter
7
Fine
particulate
matter
8
Microbes
Phytoplankton
Collectors
Predators
9
Catfish
10
Zooplankton
11
12
Relative channel width
FIGURE 6.2 The river continuum concept. (From Vannote, R.L., Minshall, G.W., Cummins, K.W.,
Sedell, J.R., and Cushing, C.E., Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences , 37, 130-137, 1980.
With permission from NRC Research Press.)
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