Effects of an odonate predator and habitat complexity on survival of the flagfish Jordanella floridae

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Jordan, Frank ^a,b   McCreary, Angela C ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeshnidae; Anax junius; Cyprinodontidae; Habitat complexity; Jordanella floridae; Predation

Indexed keywords

AESHNIDAE; ANAX JUNIUS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CYPRINODONTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JORDANELLA FLORIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0007468576     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161349     Document Type: Article

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