Effects of crayfish (Paranephrops planifrons: Parastacidae) on in-stream processes and benthic faunas: A density manipulation experiment

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 685-692

  Parkyn, Stephanie M ^a   Rabeni, Charles F ^b   Collier, Kevin J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Leaf breakdown; Paranephrops planifrons; Parastacidae; Sediment bioturbation; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000417776     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516798     Document Type: Article

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