Distribution and abundance of tropical freshwater shrimp along a stream corridor: Response to disturbance

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 4 A, 1996, Pages 484-492

  Covich, Alan P ^a   Crowl, Todd A ^b   Johnson, Sherri L ^c,e   Pyron, Mark ^d  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYA; ATYA LANIPES; CARCINUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM CARCINUS; MACROBRACHIUM CRENULATUM; PALAEMONIDAE; XIPHOCARIS; XIPHOCARIS ELONGATA;

EID: 0000615157     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389090     Document Type: Article

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