Microdistributions, food resources and feeding habits of filter-feeding Trichoptera in the Upper Colorado River

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-348

  Voelz, Neal J ^a,b   Ward, J V ^a,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

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