The role of macroinvertebrates in stream ecosystem function

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-139

  Wallace, J Bruce ^a   Webster, Jackson R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectors; Filterers; Grazers; Insects; Predators; Rivers; Shredders

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030037551     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.en.41.010196.000555     Document Type: Article

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