Effects of substrate and predator type on microdistributions and drift of a lotie mayfly

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 520-528

  Holomuzki, Joseph R ^a  

^a TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift; Experimental stream channels; Heptagenia hebe nymphs; Instream enclosures; Predator type; Substrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030453070     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1467803     Document Type: Article

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