Loss of riparian vegetation alters the ecosystem role of a freshwater crayfish (Cherax destructor) in an Australian intermittent lowland stream

Agriculture & Biology

• Cherax destructor 100%
• riparian vegetation 86%
• freshwater crayfish 85%
• crayfish 67%
• lowlands 58%
• ecosystems 46%
• canopy 43%
• diet 19%
• macrophytes 16%
• stable isotopes 16%
• plant litter 15%
• digestive system 12%
• keystone species 10%
• aquatic invertebrates 9%
• organisms 8%
• trophic levels 8%
• food webs 8%
• algae 6%
• forage 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• crayfish 77%
• riparian vegetation 74%
• canopy 44%
• ecosystem 36%
• diet 33%
• loss 32%
• leaf litter 18%
• resource 17%
• macrophyte 15%
• biota 14%
• stable isotope 13%
• keystone species 10%
• food 10%
• resource use 8%
• forage 8%
• trophic level 7%
• food web 7%
• invertebrate 6%
• alga 6%
• trial 6%
• productivity 5%
• laboratory 4%
• material 3%
• effect 1%