Patterns in benthic food webs: A role for omnivorous crayfish?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 631-646

  Nyström, Per ^a   Brönmark, Christer ^a   Granéli, Wilhelm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; BENTHOS; FOOD WEB; SIGNAL CRAYFISH; TROPHIC CASCADE;

SWEDEN;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DECAPODA; DIPTERA; GASTROPODA; ODONATA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; SIALIS;

EID: 0030303522     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.d01-528.x     Document Type: Article

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