Selective predation by a sculpin and a stonefly on two chironomids in laboratory feeding trials

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 269-273

  Hershey, Anne E ^a   Dodson, Stanley I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

chironomids; microhabitat; predator selectivity; sculpins; stoneflies; tube dwelling behavior

Indexed keywords

CRICOTOPUS; PARATENDIPES;

EID: 0022241332     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00015244     Document Type: Article

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