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Simplified river food web

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Simplified river food web
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Conceptual diagram of the Aquatic Trophic Productivity Model, illustrating (1) biomass stocks of organisms and organic matter (rectangular boxes), (2) consumer–resource interactions that link biomass stocks, (3) inputs of energy, nutrients, and organic matter from outside the system (salmon spawners, light, nutrients, terrestrial organic matter and terrestrial invertebrates), and (4) the reliance of these interactions on in-stream physical habitat and riparian vegetation conditions. Page accessed September 25, 2025.

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Bellmore, J.R., Benjamin, J.R., Newsom, M., Bountry, J.A. and Dombroski, D. (2017). Incorporating food web dynamics into ecological restoration: a modeling approach for river ecosystems. Ecological Applications, [online] 27(3), pp.814–832. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1486. 

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