← Back to Protocolsexperimentalstandardized

Macroinvertebrate nutrient excretion incubation

Subcategory: biogeochemical measurement
Standard reference: adapted from Koch 2005
Papers: 5 | Mentions: 5

Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on Macroinvertebrate nutrient excretion incubation with 41 nodes and 97 connections. Top connected: Influence of handling stress and fasting on estima, benthic sampling, pond hydroperiod, biogeochemical cycling, mark-recapture (Ambystomatidae).

Description

Organisms are incubated in filtered pond water for one hour to measure nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates through water chemistry analysis before and after incubation.

Typical Equipment

  • bags
  • water filters
  • filtered syringe
  • glass tubes
  • amber Nalgene bottles
  • ice
  • Thermo Scientific GENESYS 10S UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
  • Turner Designs Trilogy Fluorometer

Output Measurements

  • mass-specific nitrogen excretion rate
  • mass-specific phosphorus excretion rate
  • N:P excretion ratio

Papers Using This Protocol (5)

article

Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient

2021Ecosystemsusing
student_paper

Nutrient excretion rates of common aquatic taxa in high elevation ponds at the Mexican Cut

2018using
student_paper

Influence of Parasitism on Consumer Driven Nutrient Recycling by Aquatic Insects

2016using
article

Influence of handling stress and fasting on estimates of ammonium excretion by tadpoles and fish: recommendations for designing excretion experiments

2009Limnology and Oceanography Methodsintroducing
student_paper

Macroinvertebrate excretion rates and their contribution to nutrient cycling in a rocky mountain stream

2009using